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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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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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