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    What is Your Favorite Christmas Memory or Tradition?

    What a wonderful story! Thank you for sharing it.
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    What Would You Like to See in This Forum?

    I agree that it is just summer. Many work on family history in the winter.
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    What lines are you excited about in January 2023?

    You are off on an adventure. Congratulations. French records can be a bit daunting. So hang in there.
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    Do You Have Any Celebrities on Your Tree?

    One of my family's claims to fame. My 2X great-grandmother was Elizabeth Jane Douras. The family story was that we were related to Marion Davies the famous silent movie star who had an affair with William Randolph Hearst. Davies was Marion's stage name her birth name was Marion Douras. I was...
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    Do You Use Genealogy Software?

    Susan, it took me a while to figure out how I wanted to use Zotero. Now I can't do anything without it. LOL. I am currently making photobooks about my Dad's military career and photobooks of the letters my Mom sent to her family while we were in the military. All the documents have been scanned...
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    Do You Use Genealogy Software?

    I am what you might call a semi-professional genealogist. I have written up case studies and been published in a number of state-level genealogy magazines. I use Family Tree Maker (FTM) but would not recommend it. The only reason I use it is I started out with it and used a lot of workarounds to...
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    What Else Would You Like To See In This Forum

    I use FamilySearch all the time in my research. I use the catalog to find microfilm/digitized images of original records.
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    What Else Would You Like To See In This Forum

    Just found this forum! I would love to see people's ideas for scraping letters and documents. My gallery is full of ones I have done documenting my Dad's military career and the letters my Mom wrote while we were stationed at various places around the world. I am always looking for new ideas...
  9. pages 264-265 Dad's Military Album Vol. III

    pages 264-265 Dad's Military Album Vol. III

    Night School
  10. pages 260-261 Dad's Military Album Vol. III

    pages 260-261 Dad's Military Album Vol. III

    Night School
  11. pages 258-259 Dad's Military Album Vol. III

    pages 258-259 Dad's Military Album Vol. III

    Easter at Grandma Gilchrest's in Scarsdale, New York
  12. pages 252-253 Dad's Military Album Vol. III

    pages 252-253 Dad's Military Album Vol. III

    Night School
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    Comment by 'agilchrest' in media 'Barndomsminnen'

    I love how you used the multimedia sun!
  14. page 262-263 Dad's Military Album Vol. III

    page 262-263 Dad's Military Album Vol. III

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