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How Do You Honor Ancestors? 12 Family History Celebrations
The holidays are all about fun, food, tradition, and family – with family being the most important part. But so…
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5 Fantastic Ways to Preserve Family Videos
When we’re talking about family videos and how to preserve them, it’s always a great idea to keep those fun…
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Do Schools Keep Records of Past Students?
With the 2020 school year being as crazy as it has been (thank you, coronavirus pandemic), Breanne and I began…
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How Far Back Do Surnames Go? A Brief History
Last names are a lot of fun – but sometimes they aren’t super easy to track. Then again, it’s also…
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Are All People with the Same Last Name Related?
While dating my now-husband, it made me laugh when people asked him if he was related to famous people with…
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When Did Your Ancestors Come to America? Let’s Find Out!
Thanks to statistics and how history played out, the odds are that your family hasn’t been in America for more…
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Family History: When Did Granddad Become a Citizen?
America is a land of opportunity and immigrants. So when you’re trying to find out more about your family, it…
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Who Should You Include in Your Family Tree?
As I do my genealogy, things get crazy fast when you’re from a yours-mine-and-ours type of family. Especially when you’ve…
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Can Anyone Today Trace their Family to Roman Times?
Roman history is full, rich, and deeply nuanced. It’s fun to imagine what it would be like back then –…
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How Many Generations Until You Are No Longer Related?
Tracing genealogy is a fun thing, but it can bring up some interesting questions – especially in relation to marriages,…
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Last Names that Come from Nature: 15 Origin Stories
Finding out about your last name is cool. But what if your family’s name has ties to nature? Can that…
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How Accurate is Mormon Genealogy?
Growing up, I assumed that all records were both boring and infallibly correct. As it turns out, not all records…
