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Sabrina Riley
Apr 17, 20166 min read
Forgotten Life of Significance
Old College View Seventh-day Adventist church about 1945-1946, corner of South 49th Street and Prescott Avenue. Today I feel compelled...
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Sabrina Riley
Apr 1, 20164 min read
Conflict of Interest
Often just identifying ancestors back to the 1600s or earlier is a major achievement. Understanding something about the time period and...
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Sabrina Riley
Mar 18, 20166 min read
Convergence
After all of the time I spent on my Nantucket Origins post, I hadn't planned to write again so soon about my New England ancestors....
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Sabrina Riley
Jan 24, 20164 min read
Nantucket Origins
For the month of November I had thought it would be fun to revisit the Puritan origins of my family. But the process of reviewing the...
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Sabrina Riley
Nov 12, 20154 min read
On the Trail of the Andersons
This week I received an inquiry requesting information about Mary Elizabeth Anderson (1887-1982) from a gentleman who believed she served...
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Sabrina Riley
Sep 12, 20154 min read
Treasures From the Attic
Not long ago my cousins Karen and Errol (whose paternal grandmother, Blanche, was a sister to my great-grandfather, Clint Fox) had the...
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Sabrina Riley
Jul 2, 20155 min read
Thoughts on Copyright for Genealogists
A couple weeks ago I had the privilege speaking at the monthly meeting of the Lincoln Lancaster County Genealogical Society. While my...
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Sabrina Riley
Jun 17, 20154 min read
Lincoln's Last Friend in Muskegon, Michigan
Fact checking family traditions can be pretty simple, especially when they are related to well-documented events.
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Sabrina Riley
May 10, 20154 min read
Using DNA When Records and Documents are Missing
Although I've been interested in the contributions DNA testing has made to history and genealogy ever since DNA testing proved that Sally...
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Sabrina Riley
Mar 29, 20154 min read
Surprising DNA
Let me start by saying I'm not an expert on DNA testing for genealogy. In fact, I've only recently started to get into this new world....
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Sabrina Riley
Mar 10, 20154 min read
Soldier at Heart
Orason Lee Brinker with the author. Photo by Ryan Teller. A few weeks ago I, along with Union College Director of Public Relations Ryan...
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Sabrina Riley
Feb 2, 20153 min read
Census Omissions
My research on Gus Youngberg (see January 24, 2015 post) went a little deeper this past week when I discovered that golden cords were...
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Sabrina Riley
Jan 24, 20154 min read
Making Connections
Reading and collecting information widely allows one to make surprising connections sometimes.
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