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The November 2007 Family Tree Magazine has hit newsstands and FamilyTreeMagazine.com with an article on researching WWI ancestors—even those who didn't fight—through draft registration cards. While editing, I got frustrated with my inability to find my great-grandfather's card.

Well, I may have finally found it—but I'm hoping for your opinions. On the Brick Walls Forum, I've posted the WWI draft card in question along with the WWII "old man's" draft card I know is his and a bit of supporting information. Stop by and tell me what you think.

The November 2007 issue has plenty more advice for researching WWI soldiers (see our WWI Web Extras), as well as a guide for finding African-American ancestors (click for the online African-American resource toolkit), a compilation of database sites to try besides Ancestry.com (yes, this one has a Web Extra, too), tips for protecting your online privacy, and lots more.

Keep on reading for the latest genealogy tips and news.

—Diane Haddad, Newsletter Editor
ftmnews-editor@fwpubs.com

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• Ancestry.se and More Swedish Resources
• Famillion Touts Celebrity Connections
• Online Genetic Genealogy Forum to Launch
• From the Forum: Ancestors From Space and Cutting Up Court Records
  
• Tip of the Week: Recording Genealogical Dates
• Worthwhile Web Sites
• Photo Detective: Identifying People in Two 1890s Photos
• FamilyTreeMagazine.com Events Calendar
• Advertiser Special Offers

Ancestry.se and More Swedish Genealogy Resources
Continuing its march across Europe, Ancestry.com has launched its eighth genealogy Web site, this time a Swedish site at www.Ancestry.se.

Read our full report, including prices, what you'll find there and other Swedish resources, at http://www.familytreemagazine.com/insider/Ancestryse+And+
More+Swedish+Genealogy+Resources.aspx.

Famillion Touts Celebrity Connections
Another free genealogy social networking site called Famillion has been in the news for its Tree-Mining Technology, which purports to find potential relatives by merging your trees with others that have matching entries. Webmasters also make a mountain out of your chances of discovering famous relatives on their site.

Learn more about Famillion on the Genealogy Insider blog at http://www.familytreemagazine.com/insider/Famillion+Touts+
Celebrity+Connections.aspx.

Online Genetic Genealogy Forum to Launch
DNA Consulting will soon unveil an online forum called DNA Communities to help researchers who've taken DNA tests understand their ethnic mix.

I got a sneak peek at the site, which debuts sometime this week. Find out what's in store on the Genealogy Insider blog at http://www.familytreemagazine.com/insider/
DNA+Consulting+To+Launch+Genetic+Genealogy+Forum.aspx

Ancestors Dropped in From Outer Space
In the Brick Walls Forum, Pat Morgan posted about her fruitless search for information on her husband's great-grandmother, Mattie Frances Arrenton. Her name is listed on her son's death certificate and in a city directory, but she managed to duck county clerks and census-takers.

Let us know your suggestions for Pat—and post our own questions— in our Brick Walls forum at http://www.familytreemagazine.com/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=509&posts=1&start=1.


Turning Court Records Into a Collage?
Our hearts collectively stopped today when our assistant editor came across a Web site selling original 1800s and 1900s court and bank documents to collage artists. Presumably the documents will be cut up and/or glued into works of art.

Read more and post your thoughts in our Hot Topics Forum at http://www.familytreemagazine.com/forum/forums/
thread-view.asp?tid=514&posts=1#M1259

Recording Genealogical Dates
This tip comes from the November 2007 Family Tree Magazine, available now on newsstands and at FamilyTreeMagazine.com:

Keep dates in your genealogical research accurate by recording them exactly as you found them in source documents. Next to that, write any conversions in square brackets (such as from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar), along with the tool used. If a date is uncertain, use abbreviations such as bef for before, aft for after or bet for between. On your genealogical charts, write dates European-style in long form: 23 February 1887.

Overwhelmed by the number of family history-related Web sites popping up? FamilyTreeMagazine.com sorts through them to bring you the best. We recently named the following as Sites of the Week:

FamilyLink
familylink.com
This free social networking site lets you get in touch with other researchers who share your genealogical interests.

MortalitySchedules.com
www.mortalityschedules.com
Search transcribed US census mortality schedules for hundreds of counties from 1850 through 1880—free.

Identifying People in Two 1890s Photos
This week, we look at two 1890s photos with tentative identifications, but in both cases, the time frame of the image and the life dates for the individuals don't compute.

http://www.familytreemagazine.com/
photodetectiveblog/Identifying+
People+In+Two+1890s+Photos.aspx

If you have a family photo mystery for photo historian Maureen A. 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.

http://www.familytreemagazine.com/forum/calendar/calendar-list.asp

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November 2007 Issue

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