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Family Reunions
Published August 4, 2011 - No Comments
Family reunions are a fantastic way to keep your family information up to date. Facebook is a great tool for that as well. Lately I’ve been looking at the list of my Facebook “Friends” and noticed sixty percent of them are family. So, either I have a large family, ...
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About/Contact
Published July 4, 2011 - No Comments
I’m Rebecca, a married mom and part-time professional genealogist. I’m an experienced family tree researcher, and I was well-reviewed as a researcher on Ancestry.com’s Expert Connect service. I’ve got comments from previous clients on the testimonials page. Every fa ...
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All In A Name – Tips for your research
Published October 30, 2011 - No Comments
If there is one important thing I learned from doing my own family tree research it is this, pay attention to first names and middle names. Names give clues. Early on in the research of my paternal side I had a lot of questions. I had no idea who my great-great grandparents were and ma ...
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Family Story – Video Version
Published October 2, 2011 - No Comments
I found this family tree video online and love the visual story. This author clearly has the passion for the story, as I do. Just another option for telling your family’s story. I’m very paranoid about losing information that I would also make a paper copy of this story.� ...
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We Are All Connected…one way or another.
Published June 19, 2012 - No Comments
As a huge fan of “Who Do You Think You Are” I’ve learned that there will always be surprises around the corner when you’re a celebrity. Paula Dean recently discovered she was related to slave owners and was very distraught by it. Brooke Shields found out that she wa ...
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Perfect Gift For Family!
Published October 23, 2011 - 2 Comments
I have been researching family trees for many, many years. Over the years I have used my skills to compile many interesting family trees with pictures of family members, stories of their lives, pictures of the buildings they lived in, pictures of their headstones and so much more. Ther ...
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Before Ellis Island
Published July 16, 2011 - No Comments
You might be surprised to hear that Ellis Island had a predecessor, Castle Garden. Castle Garden, New York was the original immigrant receiving center. It saw more than 8 million people pass through it prior to it’s closing in 1890. In 1892 Ellis Island opened. Between 1890 ...
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To Share Or Not To Share….
Published August 7, 2011 - 3 Comments
While researching my own family tree I came upon a couple of facts that I believed family may not want known. I contemplated whether or not I should publish information that was clearly a “secret.” To be accurate, any researcher wants to include all the information they ha ...
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Welcome!
Published July 10, 2011 - No Comments
Hi, welcome to Roots by Rebecca! Family Tree research is a passion of mine that started shortly after I had my son. I wanted to put together a book of information for him so that he would know his Mom’s family history. I also wanted to learn more about my Grandfather along the way.� ...
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The Family History Book
Published June 23, 2012 - No Comments
Over the last eight years I've collected data on my paternal side. I started out doing it for my son. It turned into more than I ever expected.
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The Mysterious Artist

Published July 8, 2012 at 7:22 pm - 1 Comment

Growing up near Jacobs Prairie, Minnesota it was common place for the parish children to attend summer religion with the nuns. I don’t recall what it was officially called. Maybe it was Vacation Bible Camp? All I remember is that we’d sing church songs (with hand gestures), make necklaces, attend mass and during our downtime we’d run [...] JEAH

The Family History Book

Published June 23, 2012 at 3:12 pm - No Comments

Over the last eight years I've collected data on my paternal side. I started out doing it for my son. It turned into more than I ever expected.

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The Mysterious ArtistPublished July 8, 2012 at 7:22 pm
The Family History BookPublished June 23, 2012 at 3:12 pm
We Are All Connected…one way or another.Published June 19, 2012 at 8:23 pm
All In A Name – Tips for your researchPublished October 30, 2011 at 1:25 pm
Perfect Gift For Family!Published October 23, 2011 at 2:48 pm
Now He’s Gone…Published October 7, 2011 at 12:40 pm
Family Story – Video VersionPublished October 2, 2011 at 1:53 pm
For The Love Of HistoryPublished September 30, 2011 at 5:05 pm

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