Category Archives: Research Tips
Relinking Family Tree Maker 3 — David Swayze in 1820 Census.
Relinking Family Tree Maker 3 Frustration strikes again with the linkage between Family Tree Maker 3 for Mac and my tree on Ancestry. I’m not sure how it happened but my Family Tree Maker (FTM) file for the Darling-Huber tree … Continue reading
Jump Hunting and the Maine Register
Painting by Henry Thomas Alken [Public domain] via Wikimedia Commons. My foster father, Duane Olson, took me hunting when I was in high school. He liked to “jump-shoot” ducks. He knew places where there were likely to be ducks. … Continue reading
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Tagged Whitten, Genealogy Conference, Maine Register, Genealogy, Bickford
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Newspaper Searching
I attended the Bangor Family History Fair at the Bangor Family History Center last weekend. Overall, it was a good experience and worth the two-hour drive, each way. Probably, the talk I enjoyed most was by Penobscot County GenealogicalSociety president, … Continue reading
Searching for a Living Individual
Searching for a living individual. A really close friend recently asked me recently if I have any special tricks to finding living people. He had tried to find a cousin of his wife, but kept running into sites that cost … Continue reading
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Tagged facebook, Intelius, linked In, Living Individuals, Search, Project Kirks
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