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From: "Kate B." <>
Subject: Re: [ILEFFING-L] Research tips that may be of help to you......
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:57:36 -0600
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Linda,
Any tips on how to find those "lost" relatives would be a great help.

There is always one that is the so called "brick wall!"

Will start looking for who my gg grandfather's family traveled with. Now why
didn't I think of that before?

Thanks, Kate Keller Bourland

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From: "Linda Lambert" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 9:16 AM
Subject: [ILEFFING-L] Research tips that may be of help to you......


> When I was at the National Genealogy Society conference in Phoenix
recently,
> I was given a daily calendar with different genealogy information for each
> day. Some of these are software tips, technology tips, etc. all
pertaining
> to genealogy. If you wish, I will share some of the better ones. They
may
> not necessarily pertain to only Effingham County, but your general
genealogy
> research as well.
>
>
>
> "When publishing a query to a message board or a mailing list, make sure
the
> subject line has enough information to effectively market/advertise your
> query. Effective subject lines include: 1) Name(s)/subject; 2) Time
period;
> 3) Location. For example: Lorenzo D. Brown, 1822-1918, Venango County,
> Pennsylvania."
>
>
>
> "The American Genealogical-Biographical Index is an index for millions of
> individuals. Many of the indexed entries come from pre-1900 family
> histories. Other records include the Boston Transcript, the complete 1790
> US Federal census, and published Revolutionary War records."
>
>
>
> "The 1900 US federal census was the first to list the number of years the
> couple was married."
>
>
>
> "Cluster genealogy solves brick wall problems. Your ancestor traveled with
> in-laws, friends, and business associates. Learn where they came from -
> perhaps your ancestor came from the same place!"
>
>
>
> "Topographical maps display information about features of the land: roads,
> valley, rivers, and hills. They are important for understanding where and
> how families might have traveled."
>
>
>
> If you like these, let me know, and more will follow as I see them.
>
>
>
> Linda
>
> Effingham Mailing List Administrator
>
>
>
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