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11Preserving Memories




14Stories



















Analysis


24About







Research Strategies


27Basic Approaches













33Female Names







35Brick Walls

























47Testing and Results (General)


48Ancestry DNA Testing





51Maps, Gazetteers, and Locations


52Cities and Counties











59Cemeteries






62Census Records: Next Steps





Immigration, Naturalization


64Immigration: Starting








Military Records


69U.S. Military Records




72Civil War












78Land Records


Homestead



79Wills and Probate





81Newspapers



82Archives










86Resources












Ireland


91Basic Research













Scandinavia


95All


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