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FamilySearch To End Microfilm Distribution

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|Date: Fri, Jun 30, 2017
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FamilySearch To End Microfilm Distribution

If you still order microfilm from SLC, then you better hurry and get those orders in now! On September 1, ...

If you still order microfilm from SLC, then you better hurry and get those orders in now! On September 1, 2017, FamilySearch will discontinue its microfilm distribution services. (The last day to orde ...

Fri, Jun 30, 2017
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Ralstons from Ireland to America

Posted by Kevin Ralston
|Date: Thu, Jul 28, 2016
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Ralstons from Ireland to America

Some years ago I added a "Clan Ralston" as the forefather to the men I presumed to be brothers. I wrote a ...

Some years ago I added a "Clan Ralston" as the forefather to the men I presumed to be brothers. I wrote an indepth theory about this relationship and in it I identified a possible 2 sisters as well. T ...

Thu, Jul 28, 2016
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Missing Person: David Ralston

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|Date: Mon, May 05, 2014
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Missing Person: David Ralston

I don't hardly ever talk about my family, but I feel that maybe its time I open up a bit and talk about s ...

I don't hardly ever talk about my family, but I feel that maybe its time I open up a bit and talk about some of the mysteries. This is one of my brick walls. This is all the information I have. My 4th ...

Mon, May 05, 2014
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Were Giants Real?

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|Date: Tue, Oct 15, 2013
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Were Giants Real?

The whispered rumors carry on the wind through the centuries of giants from long ago. As children, we all ...

The whispered rumors carry on the wind through the centuries of giants from long ago. As children, we all knew the rhyme 'fe, fi, fo, fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman!' But in the midst of all ...

Tue, Oct 15, 2013
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Genealogy Business Truths

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|Date: Sat, Oct 12, 2013
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Genealogy Business Truths

I wrote about starting a genealogy business in March 2013 that was full of some hard core advice. Busines ...

I wrote about starting a genealogy business in March 2013 that was full of some hard core advice. Business is never for the weak-willed. You need to have a lot of internal fortitude to survive any bus ...

Sat, Oct 12, 2013
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Professionals and Amateurs

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|Date: Sat, Oct 05, 2013
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Professionals and Amateurs

Maybe I've had my head stuck in the sand for awhile about this topic, but apparently there is a still a b ...

Maybe I've had my head stuck in the sand for awhile about this topic, but apparently there is a still a bit of a raging storm that is going on about the differences between "professional" and "amateur ...

Sat, Oct 05, 2013
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You Want To Start A Genealogy Business

Posted by Kevin Ralston
|Date: Thu, Mar 07, 2013
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You Want To Start A Genealogy Business

So you want to start a genealogy research business, do you? Are you sure? Really? Because if you've read ...

So you want to start a genealogy research business, do you? Are you sure? Really? Because if you've read the How-To guides and all the positive reinforcements and have yourself mentally psyched up, th ...

Thu, Mar 07, 2013
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Dealing With Difficult Questions

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|Date: Wed, Dec 05, 2012
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Dealing With Difficult Questions

Decades ago, a fire trapped and killed 32 people on the second floor of a building. They were victims of ...

Decades ago, a fire trapped and killed 32 people on the second floor of a building. They were victims of arson. Almost none of them were claimed or identified and the murders/crime was soon forgotten. ...

Wed, Dec 05, 2012
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How to Organize Your Research – On Computer

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|Date: Sun, Nov 11, 2012
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How to Organize Your Research – On Computer

There are a variety of ways to organize your research. No matter which way you do it, you must do it! Thi ...

There are a variety of ways to organize your research. No matter which way you do it, you must do it! This is one of those things that is highly recommended but not always followed. When it comes to g ...

Sun, Nov 11, 2012
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A Darker Side of Genealogy

Posted by Kevin Ralston
|Date: Tue, Oct 30, 2012
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A Darker Side of Genealogy

I have tried multiple times over the last couple days to get this to post. My whole autosave drafts have ...

I have tried multiple times over the last couple days to get this to post. My whole autosave drafts have disappeared. The backups were missing too. The page would not save, when I tried to publish it ...

Tue, Oct 30, 2012
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Stephanie on Thu, Apr 20, 2017 in : Is Genealogy Really Free? ...

PREACH!!! Too bad I can't get paid for doing ...
Kevin Ralston on Tue, Nov 15, 2016 in : Missing Person: Anita Kay ...

Right. Thank you. I was thinking it was at th ...
Anonymous on Tue, Nov 15, 2016 in : Missing Person: Anita Kay ...

"On March 3, 1964 ... Some would recognize th ...
Kathy Jesperson on Tue, Jul 21, 2015 in : A Darker Side of Genealog ...

I love stories like this. I will be visiting ...
summer on Thu, Apr 23, 2015 in : A Darker Side of Genealog ...

that is so sad about the family but im so hap ...

Do You Always Tell The Truth?

Did They Always Tell the Truth?

Protecting Your Photographs and Other Things

How My Great-Grandfather Trolled Me

The Value of Pictures

Fauxcohontas Strikes Again

No Room For Genealogy

The Evolution Double Standard

FamilySearch To End Microfilm Distribution

FamilySearch To End Microfilm Distribution

Ralstons from Ireland to America

Ralstons from Ireland to America

Missing Person: David Ralston

Missing Person: David Ralston

Were Giants Real?

Were Giants Real?

Genealogy Business Truths

Genealogy Business Truths

Professionals and Amateurs

Professionals and Amateurs

You Want To Start A Genealogy Business

You Want To Start A Genealogy Business

Dealing With Difficult Questions

Dealing With Difficult Questions

How to Organize Your Research – On Computer

How to Organize Your Research – On Computer

A Darker Side of Genealogy

A Darker Side of Genealogy