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Blog Posted on : 03/03/2010

Journaling Hints

Journaling can be an enjoyable and effective tool to enhance your family history research and pass along your memories and values too. Record the details and stories unique to your personal and family history by journaling. Everyone has a story ─ why not tell your story in your own words through journaling?

Some journaling tips:

• Choose a comfortable location
• Set time aside daily or weekly
• Limit the amount of time you spend writing so journaling doesn’t feel like a chore

Each week this blog will offer journaling hints and helps, as well as, a journaling prompt to get you started. Be inspired to create a legacy that future generations will treasure.

Journaling Prompt:

Write about memories of spending time with friends.

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Recommended Reading

Family History In the Genes: trace your DNA and grow you family tree

by Pomery

This concise guide illustrates what genetics can do for family history research. Pomery outlines the DNA tests currently available with practical advice on how to choose the test that will be most effective for your personal research.

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The Family Tree Guide to Finding Your Ellis Island Ancestors

by Carmack

Carmack suggests tips and strategies for using the Ellis Island online database, advice on overcoming brickwall searches and the basic information needed for a successful search.

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The Official Guide to Family Tree Maker 2008

by Pedersen, Lord

This guide will help Family Tree Maker uses learn to use the software program and it's most popular features effectively.

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Online Resources

New methods, organizations and more.

Must-see Websites for Genealogists
Genealogy in Cuyahoga County
Genealogy Beyond Cuyahoga County
Your Immigrant Ancestor
Making Connections
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What's New

Looking for a few good ancestors?
Visit the Fairview Park Branch Library for Genealogy Day on Saturday, May 22, 2010. Start your day at 10:00 a.m. with Cuyahoga County Public Library’s Genealogy Specialist, Joni Mihelich, for a beginning genealogy class. The day continues with Genealogy Roadshow where local experts will be available to answer questions from 11:30 to 1:30. From 2:30 to 3:30 attend a demonstration of some of the most popular genealogy software available. Join us at the Fairview Park branch for one or all of the programs. Registration required. For additional information, please call 440-333-4700.

Clan Diggers

Free genealogical help and guidance provided by members of the Greater Cleveland Genealogy Society is available on the 2nd floor of the Fairview Park Branch Library on the 2nd Saturday of the month from 10:00 a.m. to noon. Upcoming dates:

March 13, 2010

April 10, 2010

May 8, 2010

June 12, 2010

July 10, 2010

August 14, 2010