Monthly Archives: November 2011
Military Monday – Henry A. Hayes Pension File
I wrote about requesting and receiving the pension files for a good friend’s family a couple weeks ago.When I receive a pension file I sort it by date and use post it notes to mark each year. Then I create a table of contents for the entire file. Just gives me a better idea of [...]
Categories: Research
Tags: civil war, Hayes family, Henry A. Hayes, military research, Pension files, professional genealogist Chicago
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Tuesday’s Tip – Do It Old School
There are many valuable genealogical records available online but as we all know, not everything is online. It is important to get out from behind the computer and visit the many wonderful archives and libraries we have available to us as researchers. I was working on research for a new client, looking particularly at the [...]
Categories: Research
Tags: 1930 Census, illinois state archives, professional genealogist Chicago
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Italian Ancestors