Thursday, May 31, 2012

Reasons to Leave the Homeplace

When searching for your ancestors, consider the economic times of the era and what was driving people to move. In the earliest of times, agriculture dominated the landscape, so when land wore out, people went searching for better soil. In Virginia, for example, tobacco leeched the nutrients and caused great Migrations southward, and finally, as Indian lands were opened, people ventured westward. "Subscribe to 6 genealogy websites for $150 for one year"

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

How to Save Money During a Recession

During these recession years anytime that you can save some bucks by using the Internet, this is wise. Trips to archives, court houses and libraries quickly adds up in gasoline, cost f photocopies, lunch, etc. A trip from Atlanta to the Georgia State Archives today costs me about $30 and valuable time. Lots of genealogy can be gleaned from some genealogy pay websites for a small fee and you can have access for a year! Here are some suggestions:

Subscribe to 6 genealogy websites for $150.00, one year. At equates to $25 per year per website, or $1.92 per month. Wow!

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Faster Results for the Genealogist

If you desire best results in finding your ancestors, you must research county records where that person resided. First, go to the probate court and search for all wills and estates of every description. It is important not to forget to research the inventories, vouchers, sales, bonds, etc. Then, make a visit to the Superior Court and search for deeds in your ancestors name. And finally, go to the tax assessors office and obtain a map of the county. The map will help you locate old cemeteries and family homes.

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Where to Find Digital Images of Wills

Digital images of wills, estates and marriages for Georgia counties are found on
www.georgiapioneers.com There are 156 counties in Georgia and most of them are digitized. Also included are indexes to probate records, which is very helpful to the researcher in discovering the county residence of his ancestors. This website is indeed the largest Georgia genealogy website, currently containing over 26 gigabytes of researched genealogies, obituaries, bible records, cemeteries, and growing! The focus is adding as many digitized images of county wills as possible. www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countyidx.html List of Georgia County Records

The project of adding digital images of wills of Virginia counties is in progress at www.virginiapioneers.net To see what is currently available to members of the website, www.virginiapioneers.net/counties/countiesidx.html

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