Category Archives: Around the Web

Reminder: Free Access to Immigration Databases at Ancestry.com

This is a reminder that the immigration databases at ancestry.com will be free through Labor Day.  All you need to do is go to www.ancestry.com.  Then click on the box in the right hand column that says “This weekend only – Free Access – Immigration Records – Start Searching now” .  Clicking on the 14 …

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Hawaii State Archives Digital Collection Tour Overview

You may not know it, but the Hawaii State Archives has been very quietly adding indexes and digitized records to its website.  There is a wealth of information being added.  Alot of these documents have been difficult to find because of the confusing nature of Hawaiian research and the fact that many online genealogy websites …

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Maria de Braga is (Time) Toast

One of the Genea Blogger Games challenges is to create a timeline of events for an individual in my tree. I fooled around with Personal Historian, but wasn’t thrilled with the results. Since TimeToast was recommended I decided to give it a try. It took me some time to put my Great Grandmother, Maria (de …

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