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Ancestry/Genealogy

No Vested Interest

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6. Contact the Main Library in the towns in which they lived.

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Sat Jul 29, 2017, 09:30 PM

Jul 2017

Many libraries have their own local genealogy and local history sections, with much more specific information than found otherwise.
They may have info from small newspapers, even weeklies, that newspapers.com or genealogybank.com haven't accessed.

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I hit a roadblock. [View all] no_hypocrisy Jul 2017 OP

Have you used Ancestry.com? COLGATE4 Jul 2017 #1

Use alternative sources. Many indexes are now online. No Vested Interest Jul 2017 #2

In addition to Ancestry, try FamilySearch.org csziggy Jul 2017 #3

Thanks so much for this Mormon site. no_hypocrisy Jul 2017 #4

I hate trying to track down the women csziggy Jul 2017 #5

Typically, the local genealogical societies are exceedingly helpful GeoWilliam750 Aug 2017 #8

Contact the Main Library in the towns in which they lived. No Vested Interest Jul 2017 #6

Excellent point! no_hypocrisy Jul 2017 #7