Odds and Ends

From working on a Mayflower lineage for someone: When using the Five Generation/Silver Books they may actually have a 6th and 7th generation in them

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Don’t forget probate is not just wills, estates and trusts. It’s also for name changes, adoptions, guardianships and more. Probate Court has had names such

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From a suggestion by member Frances Heales: Hearth taxes (property tax) were collected in England and Wales from 1662-1689. Scotland’s was from 1691-1695 and Ireland’s

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This comes from me reading an article with reference to Lady Day and the year. Member Frances H. explained it and then I was off

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Lots of hair dye bottles were found at an archaeology dig in Kentucky. The site was where Civil War photography was done. They believe that

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Apparently there is an app from the U.S. Surgeon General and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that allows you to make a tree

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Remember there are more than the usual 1790-1940 census schedules. Go onto the National Archives web site and look at the list of schedules they

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