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ABS Insurance has Tips for St. Patrick’s Day

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St. Patrick’s Day is March 17. People will begin celebrating this holiday all week long, with special emphasis on celebrating this Saturday. ABS Insurance Agency has some tips that can help you avoid having to file an auto insurance claim this week. ABS Insurance Agency is based in Chesterfield, Missouri. They are an independent agency that sells auto insurance, homeowners insurance, business insurance, and life insurance. If you dig around on their website, you can see that they also sell health insurance, and a variety of other speciality types of insurance. St. Patrick’s Day is a holiday that is celebrated … Continue reading →

Upcoming Genealogy Events – January 29 – February 4, 2012

Every genealogy conference, workshop, or class holds within it an opportunity for you to learn more about your favorite hobby. It also can be a good way to meet other genealogists. Here are a few genealogy events that will be going on this week. If you don’t see one near where you live, then check your local paper to find out about more. Today, January 29, 2012, Temple Beth Israel, which is located in Skokie, Illinois, will hold a presentation called “Tips, Tricks, and Tools to organizing your genealogy records with Family Tree Maker”. It will be presented by Jewish … Continue reading →

Genealogy Podcast Roundup – Week of January 16, 2012

The Genealogy Podcast Roundup brings you brand new episodes of your favorite genealogy podcasts every week. Checking out this blog is an easy way to discover when new episodes are ready, and to find out about genealogy podcasts that are new, or new to you. Genealogy Gems Podcast released a new episode on January 10, 2012. This is episode number 124, and it is titled “New Google Search, Newspaper Research”. Part of this episode focuses on a new book called “Everything You Need to Know About Finding Your Family History in Newspapers”. It is a step-by-step process that walks you … Continue reading →

A Review of Genealogyarchives.com

Genealogyarchives.com is another site available to help you with your genealogy. This site has compiled several different collections to make information easier to find. Many of the records go up to the date 2005 which will make searching for immediate family’s dates much easier. This site is a membership based site, but it does have a seven day free trial that you can use to test it out. The membership is only $39.95 per year, which is a reasonable rate. The site also works uniquely, you can type in your information, and it will work to build your own family … Continue reading →

RootsTech 2012 Sessions for Beginners – Day Two

RootsTech 2012 is coming up fast! If you are someone who is new to genealogy, or someone who considers herself to be a beginning genealogist, you might be of the impression that RootsTech is not for you. Not so! There are plenty of sessions that are designed for beginning genealogists, just like you! I’ve already gone over some of the sessions for beginning genealogists that will take place on the first day of RootsTech 2012. Day two will take place on Friday, February 3, 2012. Here are a few of the sessions that are designed specifically for beginning genealogists that … Continue reading →

Three Great Books for Beginning Genealogists

If you are thinking about getting started with genealogy, there are a lot of books out there that are written with you in mind. Of course, some are better than others. Now might be a good time to think about reading a genealogy book or two so that you can begin your family history adventure feeling well informed. Here are a few that you may want to look at to see whether their style and contents appeal to you. We all know that you are not an idiot, but you have got to admit – those “Complete Idiot’s Guide” books … Continue reading →

Archives.com Adds Collection of U. S. Census

It is always a good thing when a genealogy website adds collections of records to its website. Archives.com has just added a full set of the U. S. Federal Population Census indexes to its collections. Data from the census is extremely useful for genealogists. Archives.com is a family history website. They have more than 1.5 billion historical records available to genealogists who use their service. The website first launched in 2009, and it has a tendency to team up with other genealogy websites in order to add new collections of records to their database. This is one of the more … Continue reading →