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By
their noses shall they be recognized 
People who want their family trees to be researched come from all around the
world and it's no wonder every one of them is different. But as special as family
Sadar was, none were before them.(11 Oct 2010)
A
joy of finding destroyed records
Wars produce negative consequences on today's genealogical research, because,
during wars, vital records are in a threat of destruction. (28 Feb 2010)
A
postcard that revealed a family secret
Old pictures and old letters can sometimes be a very good source for researching
our family history. But they can also be a source of surprising revelations.
(8 Dec 2010)
Pictures
engraved in the stone
For a family picture to be preserved for a century or longer takes a small miracle.
How many of us have a picture of an ancestor born in the 19th century? Not many,
I presume. (4 Sep 2010)
A
unique wedding present
One of my best friends got married this month. I wondered what could I possibly
give her as a wedding present which would be of any real worth to her? (2 Aug 2010)
Why
do grandma and grandpa have the same surname?
There are parishes where you can find people with the exact same surname that
are not directly related. But sometimes they are. (21 May 2010)
Death
records are not easy to read, but it's not about handwriting
I think we need to be grateful for our ancestors whose challenges we can hardly
imagine. (15 Apr 2010)
Building
family history on a firm evidence
A true genealogist should base his or her research on written records, and not
on questionable tales.
(27 Mar 2010)
What
a joy it is to connect lost relatives!
It is very rewarding and often quite emotional for a researcher to witness how
profound impact he or she can have on the people (6 Mar 2010)
Help
saving vital records from the worms!
One thing every genealogist is concerned about is the condition of the books
he or she uses in the research. (21 Feb 2010)
Where
did the children hide?
As I was trying to find siblings
of a grandfather of a family, I looked back and forth in records of many years,
but with no success. (06 Feb 2010)
Be
careful not to miss a widower
The case was clear: the man had
been married more than once, but the question was - how many times?
(22 Jan 2010)
Bingo!
Elderly superladies!
As I exhausted all the ideas on
how to continue with a paricular case, a simple phonecall saved my day.
(15 Jan 2010)
Quality
time with an expert
Probably
the best way how to learn to do our own genealogy is to watch other, more experienced
genealogists doing the job, and then emulate them.
(29 Dec 2009)
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Quality
time with an expert (5)
Six months ago, a family from Illinois contacted me.
Their grandfather emigrated to the US in the early
1900's and left a daughter behind in Bosnia &
Herzegovina. Two families, one from the US and the
other from Bosnia were in contact up until mid 1950-ties,
and then all the contact was lost. The family from
Illinois didn't know what happened to the lady, so
they hired me to investigate and find if she and her
family were still alive. 
