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53 Irish Genealogy Videos from Six Years of RootsTech (2025 Update)

James Colgan March 17, 2025 0 Comments

I’ve curated all 53 Irish genealogy seminar videos from the past six years of the annual RootsTech conference on genealogy and technology, hosted by FamilySearch. Irish genealogy is always a…

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Philly History for Genealogy: Catholic Philadelphia Documentary

James Colgan February 25, 2025 0 Comments

Have Philadelphia-area Roman Catholics in your family tree? Learn about their experience with the 1½ hour documentary "Urban Trinity: The Story of Catholic Philadelphia," produced by History Making Productions, creators…

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38 Irish Genealogy Videos from Five Years of RootsTech (2024 Update)

James Colgan March 2, 2024 0 Comments

I’ve curated all 38 Irish genealogy seminar videos from the past five years of the annual RootsTech conference on genealogy and technology, hosted by FamilySearch. Irish genealogy is always a…

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New Ancestry U.S. Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index

James Colgan October 22, 2023 0 Comments

Billions of new newspaper index records (over 19.1 billion, to be exact) have been added to Ancestry.com. The roll-out was completed this week, for collection called the “U.S. Newspapers.com™ Stories…

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FREE Resource: “Wolfinger” Cropped Philadelphia Directory Listings

James Colgan October 22, 2023 0 Comments

FREE RESOURCE to download: Complete set of Cropped “Wolfinger” Philadelphia Directory Listings – Individually cropped for each year (1860-1922) of all available published City Directories for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Why use…

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My Recent Experiences Ordering Civil War Records

James Colgan October 16, 2023 0 Comments

I’m not lucky enough to be among the people whose family’s Civil War records were digitized by the National Archives. So I decided to order Civil War records from the…

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RootsTech 2024 Registration Is Open

James Colgan September 20, 2023 0 Comments

RootsTech registration for the 2024 conference is now open! RootsTech is the largest genealogy event in the world, sponsored and hosted by FamilySearch. Last year’s RootsTech was the first year…

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How I had My Uncle’s Arlington Headstone Replaced

James Colgan June 14, 2023 0 Comments

Following damning reports of embarrassing mistakes and mismanagement at Arlington National Cemetery – from major burial mistakes and substandard grave digging to errors with marking graves – a scandal that…

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1890 Census Substitute for Schuylkill County, PA: The Census Directory

James Colgan March 30, 2023 0 Comments

The loss of the 1890 United States Federal Census is a major blow to genealogical study of the late 19th Century. While the Veterans Schedules, and a few fragments exist,…

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QUICK TIP: Philadelphia Catholic Cemeteries – Does Your Family Plot Have Unused Graves Available to Use?

James Colgan March 15, 2023 0 Comments

Did you ever consider being buried with your ancestors, who are buried in a family plot that hasn’t been touched in decades? You might be able to be buried with…

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