Family History Daily
"A critical time of population growth and change in America’s history, the 11th census of the United States should have contained the detailed records of more than 60 million individuals. But instead, we have but a few thousand left. So what happened?"
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Thousands of 1890 Census Records DO Still Exist: Here’s How to Find Them for Free:
Family History Daily
"Despite the common belief that these precious records were simply destroyed by fire in 1921, the actual story of what happened is quite surprising and somewhat disturbing. But there is another twist to this story — some of these records DO still exist and they can be accessed online for free."
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Why Your Family Name Did Not Come From a Mistake at Ellis Island:
Mental Floss
"The name you used when you applied for your naturalization papers did not have to match the manifest at Ellis Island. Names were adjusted, sometimes slightly, in order to fit new surroundings, and sometimes drastically, in order to fit new identities."
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AncestryDNA Review:
myFamilyDNA
"AncestryDNA is known as the most user-friendly service in the genealogy DNA testing business. It’s perfect for people who want to research and grow their family tree, but who don’t want to get into the nitty-gritty of verifying DNA segments. AncestryDNA also maintains one of the largest autosomal DNA collections in the world."
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theGuardian
"Like many people, historian Michael Wood can barely trace his family back three generations. Then he met a Chinese family who know who all their ancestors are, going back 1,000 years – what do they do with all that history?"
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1807: President Thomas Jefferson exposes a plot by Aaron Burr to form a new republic in the Southwest.
1879: Eighty-two British soldiers hold off attacks by 4,000 Zulu warriors at the Battle of Rorke’s Drift in South Africa.
1930: Admiral Richard Byrd charts a vast area of Antarctica.
1561 Birthday: Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher, statesman, essayist (The Advancement of Learning).
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