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Secret coded baby names
Traditional Child Naming Patterns by Culture One overlooked source of clues in genealogy is literally the birth order of names in a family. I know it sounds silly, but there were stretches of time in human history where baby names weren’t just chosen at whim, but were predetermined long before the child is even conceived.…
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New Jersey Vital Records Requests
I had really good luck requesting records in New Jersey, the state archivist was super helpful and provided me with 30 pages of my great great grandparents divorce records. We’ll talk later about the emotional weight of 30 pages of testimony that undoubtedly represented significant generational trauma for (I’m counting literally thousands of living descendants)……
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Perspectives Over Time
Did I manage to find a photo of Slater House? Maybe I will know soon. Recently, while checking to see how far away Emilee Morrison*, my 1c3r (first cousin three times removed) lived from Slater House when she was born, I made an important discovery in regards to my Slater House research project. In all…
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Antique Maps; Using Vintage Maps for Genealogy
I like using my ancestor’s address to learn more about their lives. Sometimes you can plug an old address into Zillow or Google maps and discover that the house is still standing. When it’s not, sometimes the address still exists and you discover it’s been turned into something else. Other times, the entire structure is…
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Timeline of Events at Slater House
Timeline of events at Slater House March 22, 2023|Genealogy research tips, Slater House, Storytelling with genealogy I’ve been using Airtable* to gather data and keep it organized. I love being able to annotate files in a grid like this. The image below contains mostly City Directory listings, and already the file has hundreds of rows. I’m…