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Weekly Blog Update - 30 January 2016
Summary of new content on our blogs--with a few additional features thrown in.

We've been sending these weekly updates out free to quite a few, but costs in the new year mean that we will have to narrow down the list --see below for details...

Includes:
  • New  Rootdig Content
  • New  Genealogy Tip of the Day Content
  • New  Search Tip of the Day Content
  • Letter of the Week
  • Tombstone of the Week
  • Casefile Clues Update
  • Citation of the Week
  • How to keep getting this newsletter after this issue
Recent Articles on Rootdig



Photograph of the week

This photograph of the author and his grandmother serves as a reminder of the importance of digitizing color photographs from the 1960-1970 or so era. These photographs tend to fade and will not last forever.

This picture was taken around 1970 based upon my appearance. It's a little more difficult to age Grandma (Ida Laura [Trautvetter] Neill) in this picture. 

We're standing in a manure spreader.  


Citation of the Week

Bath County, Kentucky, Will Book D: 116-117, William Newman; FHL microfilm 272995.
Genealogy Tip of the Day
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Z is for Zipping

Are you zipping through your research a little too quickly? Are you in a hurry to get answers and reach conclusions? Slow down. Your ancestors aren't going anywhere. And hurrying may cause you to waste more time than you think. 
Webinars, webinars, webinars...

Grow your research skills in an inexpensive way--don't wait and check out our complete list. 
Genealogy Search Tip



Can You Read It?

These signatures appeared recently in our Genealogy Transcriber Blog .

You can get these reading challenges daily in your email by subscribing on the Genealogy Transcriber Blog.
Casefile Clues Update

The latest issue of  Casefile Clues  analyzes an 1889 will from a German immigrant, focusing on what the will says, what it does not, and where research should go next. 

You can learn more about Casefile Clues on our website or our blog.

Casefile Clues discusses genealogy methodology in clear, organized, and to-the-point prose. 

If you'd like to learn methods and sources without the long winded academic prose, give us a try!

Tombstone of the Week

Thomas C. Rampley is buried in Buckeye Cemetery in southern Hancock County, Illinois. I took the bottom of the stone from a slight angle to get a better picture.

Don't neglect to get a picture of the entire stone, even if the inscription is not as clear as it may be on other shots. It helps to give perspective. 

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