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Saturday, August 11, 2012

Helpful Research Tips for Genealogists

Fastest Route to Finding Ancestors
The real solution to finding your ancestors is (after you search census records) to move your agenda to the local county court house where your ancestor resided. Search wills, estates of every type, deeds, tax digests. The will or estate provides names of heirs, general location of the farm or plantation, names of distant relatives, such as aunts, uncles, cousins, names of sons-in-law, etc. You get the inside scoop of the decedent's lifestyle and net worth simply by paying attention to the inventories, annual returns and sales. This is where the meat is. Obtain the information online when you can. Saves money and time. Images of old wills are found on www.georgiapioneers.com and virginiapioneers.net, while southcarolinapioneers.net has transcripts of old wills. Abstracts of wills are found on www.northcarolinapioneers.com

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Wills are important to Genealogy Researchers

Ideally. we should locate a copy of our ancestor's original last will and testament to see what he had to say That is, who got the homeplace or plantation, where it was located, and the inventory taken of the estate. However, most old originals are lost. Therefore, we have to rely upon the clerk's (of the county where the will was probated) entry of the will in his own handwriting. The wills for the State of Georgia are being digitized and put online at Georgia Pioneers To see what each county has available, click on one of the counties on the left hand side of the page. Also, Virginia Pioneers is adding digital copies of old wills.

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Georgia Genealogists and Researchers....here are more resources for you!

The update for Georgia Pioneers.com is that we are adding more and more resources for genealogists. Our collection of digital images of wills and estates is impressive! You can keep up with what is being added by joining our blog, Lost Ancestors at -
http://genealogy-georgiapioneers.blogspot.com
Also, there are thousands of family histories already traced, marriage records, gedcom files, burial records, and a huge database of Obituaries dating from ca 1740 to ca 1935.
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Monday, February 13, 2012

Georgia State Archives

Update. The archives in Morrow Georgia is still open every Friday and Saturday, unless it falls on a holiday. See digital images of wills and estates on www.georgiapioneers.com

Monday, February 6, 2012

Genealogy Crazy?

Join the following blogs to receive helpful tips, historical data, and recent additions.
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http://southcarolinapioneers.blogspot.com
http://atlantahistoricaltidbits.blogspot.com

Tons of Digital Images of Georgia's County Wills are found on Georgia Pioneers.com

Georgia Pioneers has an incredible amount of digital images of wills (last wills and testaments). Chatham County records did not burn, so the very first records are available. Bear in mind that they were using the old colonial penmanship and the wills were written in black ink with fancy letters. In fact, the first will book contains the will of Button Gwinnett, the controversal governor who fought a dual in the streets of Savannah with General Lachlan McIntosh, and died from wounds a few days later. If you have not visited Georgia Pioneers.com yet, it is worth a trip to see the county records available to researchers as well as historical features and videos.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Genealogy Munchins, a free newsletter

If you enjoy doing genealogical research and could use some tips or advice, or are simply interested in all facets of research, here is a blog which can be sent to your email
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