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Review Online genealogy tutorials and guides. Consult our genealogy research articles. The Basics, from the USGenWeb Project How to get started in Genealogy, from the Genealogy Adventures team.

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What’s in a name #1: abbreviations & nicknames

09/01/2011
Brian Sheffey
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Abbreviated first names one of the things to get to grips with when searching online census,…

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Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, 1866 Feb.

24/12/2010
Brian Sheffey
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The Library of Virginia has an extensive digital collection.  This is a collection of documents that…

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Taking those first few steps

17/12/2010
Brian Sheffey
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Every adventure begins with the first step.  I’d taken mine when I’d started tinkering around with…