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Genealogy
Asked by S. from Dallas
on April 18, 2007
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I am interested in beginning to learn more about my family's roots and was wondering if any of you have researched family genealogy. Did you use any kind of guide? Int...
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- Youo've already gotten some great starting places on the web through the LDS church. If you'd like some more hands on help, you can go to the Carrolton LDS Family Hist...
- I was just doing this with my older son last nite and we gathered an awful lot of information using www.ancestry.com We had some initial information from my father a...
- A GREAT place to start is www.familysearch.org. It has where to get started, research guidance, forms, a ton of search engines to look up your family as well as links ...
Genealogy Research - Help!
Asked by J.W. from Los Angeles
on March 21, 2012
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Good morning,
My mom has been trying to research our genealogy and keeps hitting a wall. She's traced my great-grandfather's family back to a city in Eastern Europ...
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- My mom was able to trace our family history (Northern Europe and Western Europe) back several hundred years. Although we are not Mormon, she was able to use their reso...
- http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/suchostaw/sl_janow.htm That site seems to have a lot of info about that town. It appears to be spelled Janow but I don't know how t...
- You can go to my church's family history center. It's free, they have tons of resources and highly knowledgeable people there. Find the location near you here: htt...
Family Reunion
Asked by K.N. from San Francisco
on April 18, 2008
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I am hosting a family reunion at my home in August with approx. 35-40 people. I would love some creative ideas and helpful hints. Everyone lives 6 or more hours away ...
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- Hi K., Delagate!!! Since everyone is coming from far away, ask them to bring all the nonparishables...paper products, decorations, chips, beverages, deserts etc. Keep...
- Hi K. I'm very sorry to hear about your brother, my heart goes out to you. I'm glad you're giving your family such a wonderful gift as this reunion. My Dad was one ...
- Dear K. - We had a family reunion some years ago & my suggestion is to make several thjings ahead & freeze, if you have room. Dessert lb. cakes, zucchini &/or carrot ...
Family History
Asked by G.J. from Lakeland
on September 23, 2010
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HI moms. I've been avidly working on my family history for quite some time and am ready to put it in print! It's going to be a Christmas gift for my family this year...
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- Ancestry.com has a free site you can set up your tree on, apply pictures to the names and print on paper or order a canvas. they also have a website you can make fo...
- http://www.ancestry.com/ Specifically http://ancestry.mycanvas.com/?att=AFMGluDhhP5DBci3JRPs3H*CvPwb_ZPA4YukBE
- G., I am so happy about this. I wish more people would take the time to do this. The entry by the other lady was great. I have traced by family back to not just t...
Advice for Family History/trees
Asked by A.G. from Indianapolis
on October 16, 2007
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I am seeking advice from anyone who has recent knowledge researching their family history/tree. There are so many websites now, & I'm unsure how to approach it. Does...
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- I have started looking into my family tree also. The library is a great place to go. You can use a lot of different sites there like Ancestory.com for free. They have ...
- My mom and mother-in-law both were doing geneology stuff, so I got into it. Ancestry usually gives a 3 day trial away to new visitors. I used those 3 days to type in...
- Hi A., I personally do not know any given websites via your at-home computer except to type in given name; etc. of your family. But we've had a family history done a...
Family Tree -- Website Recommendations
Asked by K.P. from Chicago
on October 7, 2008
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Moms,
About 20 years ago, a great uncle of mine did some serious investiging into our family history. He put his findings in a bound book that details includes pho...
Family Tree...Where to Begin...
Asked by J.U. from Washington DC
on November 4, 2011
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I know nothing about my fathers side of the family and I have such a strong desire to find out information about them before the time comes when my father is no longer...
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- Ancestry.com is the way to go. They have different subscription plans available - but just be aware that they take the entire subscription amount in one lump sum - th...
- If you can afford to get a subscription to Ancestry.com, do it. My mother has been doing research on our family history for years. I bought her a subscription to Ances...
- My brother has used ancestry.com with success. (I told him to STOP looking--we probably don't want to know EVERYTHING! LOL)
Living Far Away from Extended Family...
Asked by R.C. from Indianapolis
on April 26, 2008
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My husband and I have four great kids and they have over 50 cousins and lots of aunts and uncles. He and I are very close emotionally to our parents and siblings, but ...
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- We, also, live far away from all of our family. One thing I did for my boys was that I made magnets with all of their cousins, aunts, uncles with their pictures on ea...
- My husband is from England, where all of his family lives (except for his brother who lives in Germany), so I can totally relate. We use a program called Skype. It's...
- R., My husband has a very large family also and to keep up with everyone once a year we have our family reunion. Same weekend every year, same place usually. It works...
Reserching Family History Need Websites
Asked by S.T. from Kansas City
on March 29, 2011
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I'm trying to research my dads side of the family and nobody seems to know much about them so I'm needing to find some websites to look up information (free). Or where...
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- A friend of mine is really good at researching this kind of stuff, I have a list of websites she gave me, I'll find them and pass them along to you. She's gotten a lo...
- Someone already mentioned the Church of Latter-day Saints; they DO have a free website (they also have geneology centers located all over the place; see if there's one...
- Actually, my husband did a free 14-day trial on ancestry.com and found a ton on his family including old pictures and emails from others who had done the research on t...
Son Needs Eye Exam and Possible Glasses... (Revised)
Asked by A.H. from Detroit
on February 25, 2009
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Hubby and I believe our son is in need of glasses - I am wondering where would be the best 'kid-friendly' and cost-effective place to go? Son is four, and we are requ...
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- Childrens Eye Care is fantastic! It would be a little bit of a drive for you but well worth it. Dr. John Baker was who we started with there but he is now in a chief ...
- you really want to take him to an opthamologist... a medical dr that specializes in eyes.. he could have a lazy eye or some other condition Conrad giles is a pe...
- I took my lil one to Dr. O'Malley, he was amazing...awesome with lil ones. Works with all the NICU babies from St John Hospital; but mine lil one went to him for possi...
