Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Bookseller Rant!

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Lately, our business email box is getting any number of book inquiries re: out-of-print titles we have listed on our website.    T...
Friday, April 20, 2012

The Question of Slavery

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So, how is it that some of the good folks selected to be the focus of " Who Do You Think You Are ?" are always somewhat surprise...
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Monday, April 16, 2012

The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act - Did You Remember?

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D.C. Emancipation Celebration Today, April 16 th , 2012 is Patriot’s Day in Massachusetts.  It’s also the anniversary of the District of ...
Thursday, April 12, 2012

Some Folks Call It "...The Single Best Civil War Photograph Collection in the World"

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Sometimes, the best things are those things you find on your way to trying to find other things.    Things that are totally unrelated to...
Thursday, April 5, 2012

Those Pesky Penciled Census Codes in The 1940 Census

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The Famous Ovaltine Decoder Ring As genealogists, we strive to extract every last bit of information from a record. This, of course, i...
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Monday, April 2, 2012

Trouble Getting Those 1940 Census Images???

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I decided to vent about the difficulty in accessing the 1940 census images on my other blog.  Yup, it's political. If you like to live i...

Today's 1940 Census Newspaper Story

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On Saturday, there was a call on my voice mail from a reporter at the local newspaper, the Albany Times-Union.  The Times-Union is one of th...
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