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Thomas Jay Kemp APG NY Metro Chapter
2 June 2008
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Genealogy Growth1724 1876 1976 - 2008
1724 1 st Genealogy published - American Weekly Mercury newspaper
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Genealogy Growth1724 1876 1976 - 2008
1724 1 st Genealogy published - American Weekly Mercury newspaper
1776
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Genealogy Growth1724 1876 1976 - 2008
1724 1 st Genealogy published - American Weekly Mercury newspaper
1776 1791 - 1 st Historical Society
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Genealogy Growth1724 1876 1976 - 2008
1724 1 st Genealogy published - American Weekly Mercury newspaper
1776 1791 - 1 st Historical Society 1844 1st Genealogical Society 1847 1 st Genealogical journal
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Genealogy Growth1724 1876 1976 - 2008
1724 1 st Genealogy published - American Weekly Mercury newspaper
1776 1791 - 1 st Historical Society 1844 1st Genealogical Society 1847 1 st Genealogical journal
1876
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Genealogy Growth1724 1876 1976 - 2008
1724 1 st Genealogy published - American Weekly Mercury newspaper
1776 1791 - 1 st Historical Society 1844 1st Genealogical Society 1847 1 st Genealogical journal
1876 1876 - Centennial The nation celebrates
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Genealogy Growth1724 1876 1976 - 2008
1724 1 st Genealogy published - American Weekly Mercury newspaper
1776 1791 - 1 st Historical Society 1844 1st Genealogical Society 1847 1 st Genealogical journal
1876 1876 - Pres. Grant calls for county, town & family histories 1894 Family History Library (Utah)
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Genealogy Growth1724 1876 1976 - 2008
1724 1 st Genealogy published - American Weekly Mercury newspaper
1776 1791 - 1 st Historical Society 1844 1st Genealogical Society 1847 1 st Genealogical journal
1876 1876 - Pres. Grant calls for county, town & family histories 1894 Family History Library (Utah) 1920 2,000 published genealogies
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Genealogy Growth1724 1876 1976 - 2008
1724 1 st Genealogy published - American Weekly Mercury newspaper
1776 1791 - 1 st Historical Society 1844 1st Genealogical Society 1847 1 st Genealogical journal
1876 1876 - Pres. Grant calls for county, town & family histories 1894 Family History Library (Utah) 1920 2,000 published genealogies 1972 50,000 published genealogies
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Genealogy Growth1724 1876 1976 - 2008
1724 1 st Genealogy published - American Weekly Mercury newspaper
1776 1791 - 1 st Historical Society 1844 1st Genealogical Society 1847 1 st Genealogical journal
1876 1876 - Pres. Grant calls for county, town & family histories 1894 Family History Library (Utah) 1920 2,000 published genealogies 1972 50,000 published genealogies 1975 400 genealogical societies
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Genealogy Growth1724 1876 1976 - 2008
1976 Roots
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Genealogy Growth1724 1876 1976 - 2008
1976 Roots Early 70s PC becomes affordable Mid 70s Census Indexing
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Genealogy Growth1724 1876 1976 - 2008
1976 Roots Early 70s PC becomes affordable Mid 70s Census Indexing 1992 Mosaic web browser 1996 Google.com 1997 Ancestry.com
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Genealogy Growth1724 1876 1976 - 2008
1976 Roots Early 70s PC becomes affordable Mid 70s Census Indexing 1992 Mosaic web browser 1996 Google.com 1997 Ancestry.com
1998 90,000 published genealogies
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Genealogy Growth1724 1876 1976 - 2008
1976 Roots Early 70s PC becomes affordable Mid 70s Census Indexing 1992 Mosaic web browser 1996 Google.com 1997 Ancestry.com
1998 90,000 published genealogies 1998 6,000 genealogical societies
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Genealogy Growth1724 1876 1976 - 2008
1976 Roots Early 70s PC becomes affordable Mid 70s Census Indexing 1992 Mosaic web browser 1996 Google.com 1997 Ancestry.com
1998 90,000 published genealogies 1998 6,000 genealogical societies 1999 FamilySearch.org
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Genealogy Growth1724 1876 1976 - 2008
2000 Census & Books start to go online Use of census microfilm evaporates
2005 GenealogyBank.com
2008 150,000 published genealogies 2008 10 Million genealogists
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So What is inGenealogyBank.com ? Over 1 Billion names
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So What is inGenealogyBank.com ? Over 1 Billion names
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So What is inGenealogyBank.com ? Over 1 Billion names
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So What is inGenealogyBank.com ? Over 1 Billion names Over 3,400 newspapers
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Eastern Argus Maine: 1828-08-19 Page 3
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Baltimore Sun 28 Jan 1895
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Read the News as it Happened
Battle at Lexington & Concord21 Apr 1775
NH Gazette & Historical Chronicle
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Read about the stories when they were reported
Attack on Fort McHenry War of 1812Baltimore Patriot & Evening Advertiser A Special Issue20 Sep 1814
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Family Reunions
Dallas Morning News
31 Aug 1931
Tacoma Daily News10 Aug 1894
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Then there are the stories
we wish the papers didnt print
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Columbus (GA) Enquirer 28 Feb 1900
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Rare, one of a kind documents
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In memory of Solomon Snow who was drowned in crossing the Kennebec River from Swan Island to Bowdoinham, August 11, 1811 .
Solomon Snow is not in the published Snow genealogy;not in the census this might be the only record of him.
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Published Government Reports
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Looking for informationon Rachel (Bittinger) Platter of Garrett County, MD
Details like this are not inthe census; not in the published family history.
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Rachel (Bittinger) Platters cousin Wooly Bittinger & family 1937 just a few years after Rachel applied for her pension
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Obituaries routinely published in government reports.
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Obituaries of Report of theConvention of American Instructorsof the Deaf
Proceedings of the twenty-first meeting of the Convention of AmericanInstructors of the Deaf. Held at Hartford, Conn., June 29 to July 4, 1917.January 30, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing.Date: 1918-01-30; U.S. Congress. SenateSerial Set Vol. No. 7320, Session Vol. No.10
65th Congress, 2nd SessionS.Doc. 172
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Prisoners at Algiers. Letter in relation tothe prisoners at Algiers, communicated to theSenate, 21st January, 1791, by the Secretary of
1st Congress, 3rd Session. Publication No. 48
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War of the Rebellion Record -
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1819-1820 Passenger List Report of the Secretary of State, pursuant to the act to regulate
passenger ships and vessels, of the number of persons arriving in the several ports of the United States, from October 1, 1820, toSeptember 30, 1821. April 22, 1822. Read, and ordered to lie onthe table.Date: 1822-04-22; U.S. Congress. HouseSerial Set Vol. No. 69, Session Vol. No.917th Congress, 1st SessionH.Doc. 134
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