Monday, October 21, 2013

WolframAlpha

This article by Thomas MacEntee on archives.com looks at using the WolframAlpha search engine for genealogy.  It adds a whole new dimension to your research.
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Thursday, October 3, 2013

Name changes at Ellis Island?

In this post  on his blog, Dick Eastman rejects claims that immigrant's names were changed/Americanized at Ellis Island.Sorry- this article is no longer available

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New titles added to newspapers.com

 Newspapers. com, which is available to library card holders from the library's website, has added 450 more papers from 15 states and 3...

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