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Link to: 3 Clues for Discovering Military Service

Digging into military records can yield an incredible amount of information about our ancestors. Amy Johnson Crow's favorite was learning her 3rd-great-grandfather’s Civil War pension file. It showed that he married his second wife 12 days after she divorced her previous husband.

     
Link to: Three Biggest Mistakes in Genealogy Research

Let’s be honest. We all make mistakes in our genealogy, whether it’s misreading a document or drawing an incorrect conclusion. But the mistakes in how we actually do our research can lead to bigger brick walls, fewer discoveries, and more frustration. Here are Amy Johnson Crow's three biggest mistakes in genealogy research.

     
Link to: Storied Genealogy

Interesting article about 5 places to research when you are stumped.

     
Link to: How to Find Your World War I Ancestor

Whether your American World War I ancestor shipped out or stayed state-side, here are some tips from Amy Hohnson Crow and David Allen Lambert to help you research him. Includes written material and a podcast.

     
Link to: 10 Sources for Finding Civil War Burials

Finding where a Civil War ancestor is buried is important to many genealogists. Whether he died in the war or years later, Amy Crow Johnson suggests in this piece 10 sources we can use to find where he is buried.

     
Link to: Immigrant Ships

References for ancestors who came over on ships

Includes sites to research emigration, immigration and naturalization, 100+ passenger list sites, ethnic research, libraries and archives, passenger ship types, descriptions and images, and additional worldwide maritime information available both on-line and off-line. https://www.immigrantships.net/index.html

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Link to: Without a Trace

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