PAancestors.com July 2024 Issue July 2024 PA Happenings Hello Reader! Welcome to PA Ancestors Discoveries newsletter! This week we are talking about the latest podcast episodes, my keynote at the Genealogy Research Institute of Pittsburgh, and a thank you to Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society. Catch the latest podcast episodes Watch or listen to the latest two episodes of Your Pennsylvania Ancestors and subscribe to the podcast to get all the new episodes. Podcast Episode 86: Must Have...
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PAancestors.com June 2024 Issue June 2024 PA Happenings Hello Reader! Welcome to PA Ancestors Discoveries - where every issue helps you with 1 of the 10 struggles in your Pennsylvania genealogy research: Overwhelm Fuzzy focus Lack of notes Disorganization Struggling alone Ignoring sources Fruitless searches Little known records No historical knowledge Not using existing research (And if a friend forwarded you this newsletter, you can subscribe here.) This week we are talking about the new...
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PAancestors.com May 2024 Issue May 2024 PA Happenings Hello Reader! Welcome to PA Ancestors Discoveries - where every week we help people get unstuck from 1 of the 10 ways people struggle in their Pennsylvania genealogy research: Overwhelm Fuzzy focus Lack of notes Disorganization Struggling alone Ignoring sources Fruitless searches Little known records No historical knowledge Not using existing research (And if a friend forwarded you this newsletter, you can subscribe here.) This week we are...
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PAancestors.com April 2024 Issue April 2024 PA Happenings Hello Reader! Welcome to PA Ancestors Discoveries - where every week we help people get unstuck from 1 of the 10 ways people struggle in their Pennsylvania genealogy research: Overwhelm Fuzzy focus Lack of notes Disorganization Struggling alone Ignoring sources Fruitless searches Little known records No historical knowledge Not using existing research (And if you want to blast through your research and get it completed, we'd love to...
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PAancestors.com Issue 00 An Update to the Pennsylvania Genealogy Success Guide Hello Reader! Welcome to a new look for PA Ancestors Discoveries! My goal is to have this weekly newsletter be your #1 source for Pennsylvania genealogy research. Thank you to everyone who responded to the survey! I learned a lot about where you are stuck in your research and to help everyone, I updated my Pennsylvania Genealogy Success Guide. I'm resending it to all of you now for this week's newsletter. I also...
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Your answers will make this newsletter #1 Hello Reader! The PA Ancestors Discoveries newsletter now has 800 subscribers 🥳 And I want to make sure this is the best resource on Pennsylvania genealogy research anywhere. Would take 2 minutes and answer this 2 question survey? PA Ancestors Newsletter Survey (After you hit submit to your answers, there is a surprise for you.) Don't delay, this 2 question survey closes at midnight Friday night. Let's discover our Pennsylvania ancestors together,...
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Save up to 33% with these special offers - expire midnight tonight Hello Reader! RootsTech and Pennsylvania's Birthday only come once a year and so do these offers. In-person Research Trips to Archives If you are new to archival research, this is the trip for you. PA Ancestors is doing 4 different research trips to archives in 2024. If you are interested in expert assistance in planning and researching, check out the dates and places below: PA State Archives, Harrisburg - March 22nd Eberly...
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Take Advantage of These Special RootsTech and PA Birthday Offers Hello Reader! I am back from RootsTech and can confirm it is as fabulous as everyone says it is. If you go to one genealogy event in-person, my suggestion is RootsTech in Salt Lake City. The energy and enthusiasm of the over 15,000 people there will carry me through 2024. To celebrate RootsTech and Pennsylvania's 343rd Birthday, I have some special offers for you. These all expire on Friday at midnight. In-person Research Trips...
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Engaging with Relatives at RootsTech in 2024 Hello Reader! Imagine receiving a photograph of your great-great-grandparents from someone you've never met – a treasure from your past, unexpectedly revealed. This happened to me when I did Relatives at RootsTech in 2022. The thrill of such serendipity is hard to match, and I'm here to guide you through creating these moments for you at RootsTech 2024. If you would like to watch or listen to this article, click here for the video: Relatives at...
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