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I am seeking immigration information for Catherine Elsbeth Schumann (Shumann, Schuman, Shurman, Schuhmann, Schuhman.) She was born 1 November […]
Archive for June, 2006
Ancestry.com Digitizes Entire U.S. Federal Census Collection From 1790-1930
Near Decade-Long Process Makes Available More Than 540 Million
Individual Stories at the Click of a Mouse
PROVO, UTAH – June 22, 2006 - Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online family history source, today announced it has completed digitizing and indexing the entire U.S. Federal Census from 1790 to […]
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In researching an Irish ancestor, where the county of origin is unknown as well as the names of the parents of other siblings, much depends on the time period involved and how common the surname is. If you are looking for someone with a common surname, such as Murphy or Sullivan, and have no idea […]
Just two weeks from today we will be gathering in Salt Lake City for our Family History Library Retreat. It is always so fun to spend time with individuals who are seeking to discover new family data.
Each morning we offer a class to teach about some unique part of the library or a research technique […]
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