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I have been researching my own family history for several years. My focus has primarily been in Pennsylvania, but have also done research on family from New York, Canada, Ireland, Germany, and the Ukraine.
Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania
View my own family tree at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mtroy
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Hi Cassidy, The US Archives has the indexes, but not the full info available online here: http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/tutorial/dawes/ If you need the full information because you found something
Hi Dan, You may have trouble finding any records, especially if his family traveled to England from another country, or even another part of Britain. Records from the 18th century are sparse. Even
Hi Tena, Always happy to hear from another Troy, although I don't think we are related. My family immigrated to Philadelphia and have largely remained in that area. That said, I'd be happy help point
German records can be difficult. There are no national sources like the US census. Of the records that did exist, many have been destroyed in subsequent wars. Further even where records do exist, they
Hi Judie, My short answer is to "record everything." I keep extensive notes on all research that I do, even if it leads nowhere. Sometimes I determine people whose record I find have the same name
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