The X-Mark Signature
Genealogy requires a lot more than simply clicking the wiggling green leaves on Ancestry.com, saving the predetermined information, and,...
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Laura Weber
- Mar 1, 2023
- 4 min
Gone Too Soon
I imagine we all have ancestors or family members that we wish we could still pick up the phone and talk to. Whether they died hundreds...
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Laura Weber
- Feb 21, 2023
- 3 min
Identifying America's Enslaved
Week 8 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks writing challenge has the potential to be a bit heavier than some of my previous posts. The topic...
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Laura Weber
- Feb 16, 2023
- 3 min
Outcasted
Oxford defines outcast as, "a person who is not accepted by other people and who sometimes has to leave their home and friends." At one...
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Laura Weber
- Feb 8, 2023
- 3 min
Tonsils and a Spaghetti Dinner
Long before Snapchat, Tiktok, Instagram, and Facebook, even before MySpace, AOL chat rooms, and BBSes (where are my former Wizard...
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Laura Weber
- Feb 2, 2023
- 3 min
Oops!
Can you believe we have already made it to week 5 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge? This week's prompt is "Oops." This is such a...
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Laura Weber
- Jan 30, 2023
- 3 min
Planning a Heritage Trip
My mom always believed that she was a relatively "new" American, with all of her ancestors immigrating in the late 1800s. This is another...
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Laura Weber
- Jan 26, 2023
- 3 min
The Most Powerful Weapon
Time for another addition of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. This week's prompt? Education. Education hasn't been a significant focus of my...
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Laura Weber
- Jan 23, 2023
- 3 min
A Rape, A Commutation, and An Unser
Sometimes one research focus leads to another. That is how I got to my current project. I have spent some time over the years tackling...
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Laura Weber
- Jan 18, 2023
- 3 min
Out Of Place
Back for week three of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks writing challenge. I struggled a bit more with this topic, than others. Not because...
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Laura Weber
- Jan 13, 2023
- 3 min
The Wrong Side of History
We all hope that our ancestors were on the right side of history. This "right side" may be arguable and subjective, but most would agree...
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Laura Weber
- Jan 11, 2023
- 2 min
How It All Started
Continuing with the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, genealogical writing challenge, this week's prompt is, "Favorite Photo." Similar to last...
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Laura Weber
- Jan 9, 2023
- 2 min
Three Paternity Mysteries
I was contacted by Patti to help identify her biological father using autosomal DNA. Over the course of this research project, she tested...
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Laura Weber
- Jan 5, 2023
- 3 min
Someone You'd Like To Meet
As someone new to writing a blog, I'm already finding myself anxious over what to write about, how long a post should be, how often to...
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Laura Weber
- Jan 2, 2023
- 1 min
Two Deaths...
I recently read a social media post where the author argued that every person dies twice. The first is a person's physical death of the...
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Laura Weber
- Dec 26, 2022
- 1 min
The Many Identities of Juliette DeVries
Many users on popular commercial genealogy websites have merged two or more seemingly sole and separate individuals as one singular...
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Laura Weber
- Dec 26, 2022
- 1 min
A New Beginning
After more than two decades of pursuing genealogy as a hobby, I've decided to dip my toe into the professional realm! I hope you'll join...
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