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Numbering Adoptees in a Genealogy

| Education
By Judy Kellar Fox, CG®Why are adoptees treated differently from biological children in numbering a genealogy? It’s a great question and deserves a reasoned answer. The response relies on backg...
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Numbering a Genealogy 2: "Adoptive" Children

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By Judy Kellar Fox, CG®The Walker family introduced us to the basic numbering system of a descending genealogy in the last post. The family of William and Margaret (Lauderdale) Walker also offers e...
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Numbering a Genealogy 1: Immigration

| Education
By Judy Kellar Fox, CG®Meet the Walkers: William, Margaret, their children, and grandchildren. In several posts we will use this family to explore issues encountered when numbering a genealogy, one...
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Diverse Communities: Researching Spiritualist Ancestors

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Researching Spiritualist AncestorsBy Sharon DeBartolo Carmack, MFA, CG®Think only genealogists talk to the dead? Not so. Some ancestors did, too. Perhaps you’ve heard stories that a family member, ...
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Genetic Genealogy Education

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We can’t stick our heads in the sand any more when it comes to learning about using DNA testing in genealogical research. Millions of people are taking DNA tests, and many (ourselves included) will...
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Respecting the Privacy of DNA Test Takers

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By Judy Kellar Fox, CG®We, all of us who take a genetic test or sponsor or manage a test for someone else, have a responsibility to do what we can to protect our privacy and that of our testers...
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Employers and Public Favor Graduates Who Can Communicate

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By Elissa Scalise Powell, CG®, CGL℠I was reading an online report of a survey done among 1,000 American adults and 260 employers. "Employers and Public Favor Graduates Who Can Communicate" was the ...
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Using Established Patterns (and Records Access) to Find Answers

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Established PatternsThe Editors' Corner points out that the December 2012 issue of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly has a theme, Six Degrees of Separation. Editors Melinde Lutz Byrne, CG...
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