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Thanksgiving is right around the corner and so is the January 2008 Family Tree Magazine, with articles on finding female ancestors (get a tiny sneak peek in the Tip of the Week), using social networking Web sites, comparing genealogy software and more. Look for it Nov. 13 on newsstands and at FamilyTreeMagazine.com.

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• Research Historical Records of London Children's Hospital
• Pennsylvania Debates "Open" Records Bill
• Finding Old High School Yearbooks
• Family Tree Firsts: SS-5 Requests
• From the Forum: Which Ancestor Would You Talk Turkey With?
• Tip of the Week: Researching Women
  
• Worthwhile Web Sites
• Photo Detective: The Plane Truth, Revisited
  
• FamilyTreeMagazine.com Events Calendar
• Advertiser Special Offers

Research Historical Records of London Children's Hospital
A new Web site provides transcriptions of historical admission records from Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children in London. We'll tell you what years are covered, what you can learn and how to search.

http://www.familytreemagazine.com/insider/
Research+London+Childrens+Hospital+Records.aspx

Pennsylvania Debates "Open" Records Bill
Will legislation under consideration in Pennsylvania affect your genealogy research? Find out in our update on HB 443.

http://www.familytreemagazine.com/insider/
Pennsylvania+Debates+Open+Records+Bill.aspx

Finding Old High School Yearbooks
You can learn all about your ancestor's teenage years by perusing his high school yearbook. We've got tips to help you find them on the Genealogy Insider Blog.

http://www.familytreemagazine.com/insider/Finding+Old+
High+School+Yearbooks.aspx

Family Tree Firsts: Requesting Your Ancestor's SS-5
Follow along and learn—or review—research basics with our intrepid genealogy newbie, assistant editor Grace Dobush. She's just made her very first record request, for an ancestor's SS-5, and she'll explain how it works.

http://www.familytreemagazine.com/insider/
Family+Tree+FirstsPart+One.aspx

Which ancestor would you invite to Thanksgiving dinner?
With Turkey Day coming up, I'm curious: Which ancestor would you lmost want to sit across from you during Thanksgiving dinner, and why? Tell us on the Back Fence Forum!

http://www.familytreemagazine.com/forum/forums/
thread-view.asp?tid=644&posts=1#M1537

Searching for Women in Databases
This tip on finding female ancestors comes from the January 2008 Family Tree Magazine. Look for it Nov. 13 on your favorite newsstand and at FamilyTreeMagazine.com. Get a sneak peek at our cover story at http://www.familytreemagazine.com/articles/jan08/women.asp:

If you can't find your female ancestor in a census or immigration database, try searching for her children. Also look for people who appear with her in other records—they might be relatives or friends she traveled with and settled near, and her name could be barely legible on the next line.

Overwhelmed by the number of family history-related Web sites popping up? FamilyTreeMagazine.com sorts through them all—whew!—to bring you only the very best. We recently recommended the following as Sites of the Week:

• Circus Historical Society
  http://www.circushistory.org/
  This site is full of fun facts about circuses of the past, plus images, research links, historical resources and more.
  

• Lowcountry Africana
  http://lowcountryafricana.net/
  Learn what you can expect from this database to launch in March 2008 with records of African Americans in the historic rice-growing areas of South Carolina, Georgia and northeastern Florida, home to the Gullah/Geechee culture.

The Plane Truth, Revisted
Expert photo historian Maureen A. Taylor re-examined a mystery photo she wrote about last year—and uncovered new evidence showing this photo is a piece of history!

Find out what the clue is on the Photo Detective blog.

http://www.familytreemagazine.com/
photodetectiveblog.

If you have a family photo mystery for Taylor to solve, check out our Submission Guidelines at
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/
photos/photohelp.htm.

Find upcoming genealogy and living history seminars—and publicize your group’s events—in our online calendar. You must be registered with the FamilyTreeMagazine.com Forum to post.

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