Ancestry.com has added a collection of photos of Ireland to their UK Historical Photographs and Prints 1704-1989 set. There are 120+ photos from the late 1800's to the 1950's, including depictions of daily life as well as historic events such as the Lusitania sinking and the Easter Rebellion.
Ancestry is available (in the library only) in our e-resources. Hover on "research help" on the homepage and click on "e-resources for adults".
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Monday, March 26, 2018
Unique online magazine
Shades of the Departed is a very well done online genealogy magazine- lots of old photos and good articles. You can page through it like you would an ebook.
Monday, March 19, 2018
Dating Women's clothing; interpreting old documents
Knowing when a photo was taken can help provide a clue to who an unidentified person was. This article tells you how to date the photograph of a women by her clothing....an interesting article on a woman who makes a living deciphering old handwritten documents can be found here. Source: ResearchBuzz
Friday, March 16, 2018
Monday, March 12, 2018
Monday, March 5, 2018
Polish ancestors
Here are some links to get you started on researching your Polish ancestors:
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https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Genealogy
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beginning-your-polish-research
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Genealogy
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Ted Talk: How We're Building the World's Largest Family Tree
From Ted.com in 2018.
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Back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when the mail moved slowly and some citizens had to travel a good distance to check for mail...
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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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Over the course of U.S. history, county boundaries and names changed, and large counties were broken up into smaller ones. In 1883, for exam...