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How to access digitised content at a FamilySearch Affiliate Library?
The article Restrictions on viewing an image in historical records says, for the status message
These images are viewable:
To signed-in members of supporting organizations when they use the …
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Is there a centralized Historical Society index / database for the United States?
It has a feature FIND ARCHIVES NEAR YOU which allows you to search for a location or zip code, or pick out a library or archive via a pin on the map. … Underneath the map is a list of locations which expands to show a list of participating libraries and archives for each place. …
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Making your first trip to a courthouse
Judy G. Russell, who writes the blog "The Legal Genealogist", has given a webinar That First Trip to the Courthouse which is an hour-long presentation on how to prepare for a courthouse trip, and what …
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Newspaper archive search for person whose last name is also a common word
Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011
FamilySearch: United States, GenealogyBank Historic Newspaper Marriages, 1815-2011
FamilySearch: British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices
FamilySearch: British Newspaper Archives …
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Where to donate records related to South Australian United Ancient Order of Druids?
Repositories
The Society of American Archivists article What Are Archives and How Do They Differ from Libraries? … An archives may have library as part of its name, or an
archives may be a department within a library. …
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Finding TNA Discovery catalog entries for digital images on Ancestry?
Using the catalog reference for Alfred and Emily's marriage as a clue, I moved to the next image on Ancestry and looked at the top right corner of the following page:
I started from the catalog en …
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How can I find the images where the data was sourced for the 'Germans to America, 1850-1897'...
Since FamilySearch's catalog description was written, the US National Archives (NARA) has replaced the OPA system with the new Catalog. …