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July 25, 2021

Remembering Our Pioneer Ancestors

Elaine Hardman, Communications Assistant for the Granite Family History Center, recently published a blog article that reminds us of pioneer ancestors, around the July 24 Pioneer Day celebration. With her permission, part of the article is quoted below:   There are many resources available to research our pioneer ancestors. As we commemorate the entrance of the vanguard company of pioneers...

Country Research/Research
August 2, 2020

The Inspiration of Blogging and Family History

Note: This article by Miles Meyer originally appeared in the Miles’ Genealogy Tips blog site and is used with the author’s permission. Sometimes, as a blogger with a smaller following, I wonder how my posts affect people or may be used to inspire them in their research. When my son was younger, we home schooled him and many of his...

Families/Research
July 7, 2018

Inside the Guide: Tips for Basic Danish Research

My paternal grandfather crossed the ocean from Copenhagen, Denmark to North America with his family when he was only two years old. Family tradition states that he got so sick on the voyage, that the crew thought they should just throw him overboard to the fishes. While I am eternally grateful that didn’t happen, I’ve considered doing the same thing...

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