10 Sources for Finding Civil War Burials:
Amy Johnson Crow"Finding where a Civil War ancestor is buried is important to many genealogists. Whether he died in the war or years later, there are numerous sources we can use to find where he is buried.
Let's start with a couple of sources that you might already have.
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The Need for Speed: Genealogical Records and Natural Disasters:
LegacyTree Genealogists"When we think about onsite research in a foreign country, most of us might imagine sitting in beautiful reading rooms of libraries and archives. Cool marble, hushed librarians, and possibly some classical paintings or sculptures dot the room. All is serene as the researcher pours over onsite records–leafing through the ancient books or scrolling through dated microfilm in search of the next ancestor.
But sometimes the situation is more stressful and potentially perilous for the researcher."
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Meant to Be: A Mother and Son Reunited After 30 Years:
Ancestry"On December 29, Jen headed to work on what she thought was just another Tuesday. She had no idea that before the day ended, her world would be rocked by a message on Ancestry from the son she had given up for adoption 30 years before.
This is the incredible story."
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Tech:
The MP3 Format is Music History’s Latest Casualty:
Smithsonian"The Institute that licenses MP3 tech recently stopped, but the format that began the digital music era may live on indefinitely"
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How to Improve Your HDTV’s Sound with a Compact, Inexpensive Sound Bar:
How-to-Geek"In the race to create ever slimmer HDTVs, there’s a seldom discussed sacrifice being made: sound quality. Your TV’s built-in speakers are probably terrible, but if you want to fix their anemic sound, adding a sound bar is an easy, inexpensive, and space-saving way to do so."
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Education:
What to Do When There are No Records:
Ancestral Findings"Not every ancestor will have a large trail of records leading to them. Some won’t have any, except maybe some census entries, and even then, they may be missing (for numerous reasons) on more than one census. Ancestors who lived in counties where courthouses burned down may have had important records that disappeared with the courthouse. Some ancestors were just purposefully private (and thus, mysterious) people."
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