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November 2016 Newsletter

Genealogy Mystery: Where’s Her Brother Tom?

I was reviewing old family correspondence to make sure all of this family data had been properly recorded, and the correspondence scanned and added to the family’s online archive. I came across this letter written to us in 2003.

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Always Dig Deeper

When you find an article about your ancestor, dig deeper – in GenealogyBank each clue can lead you to more details, filling in the stories of your family and saving you valuable research time. For example, look at this recent obituary of Madilene Marie (Carson) Reeves (1924-2007).

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Hannah Dexter: The Last Natick Indian?

Newspapers around the country mourned the passing of Hannah Dexter in 1821 – both because she was the last of the Natick tribe of Native Americans, and in reaction to the assault that caused her death.

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GenealogyBank Just Added over 51 Million More Records!

We constantly add more newspapers and obituaries to our online archives. Currently, GenealogyBank features over 7,000 newspapers from all 50 states, with more than 230 million obituaries and death records. Here are details about our most recent additions: a total of 683 newspaper titles from 45 U.S. states. We’ve shown the date ranges so that you can determine if the new content is relevant to your personal research.

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