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About Me

I am a professional genealogist with over 20 years of experience (I started very young!) I work mainly in the southern Maryland area, but also have experience in my own states of origin - upstate (Albany-area) New York, Connecticut, and Virginia. I just moved my blog to Windows Live Spaces: Tricks of the Trees Visit my web site at http://www.haitfamilyresearch.com for more information. I am also the author of the Family History Research Toolkit , published by Genealogical Publishing Co. The December 2007 issue of Family Chronicle has my article, "Getting the Most from the 'Rest' of the U. S. Census." NEW: The May/June 2008 issue of Family Chronicle has my newest article, "Tracking a Household in the Pre-1850 U. S. Federal Census." Click below on the cover to order or subscribe! Photo Restoration ServicesI just wanted to post a note here about my photo restoration services. In addition to genealogy -- and perhaps because of it -- I have taken to digitally restoring old, aged and damaged, photographs. For more information, and to view samples, visit my website to learn more .Please feel free to query me if you are interested. We can work out all of the details before any decisions are made.
Researcherâ€™s Digital Toolbox
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Wizard of Id: 2009-02-20

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African American Genealogy Examiner: Alex Haley's 'Roots,' revisited
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African American Genealogy Examiner: The genealogical value of runaway slave ads
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African American Genealogy Examiner: Genealogical treasures for the ages... right under your no
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African American Genealogy Examiner: Anatomy of the 1930 federal census
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African American Genealogy Examiner: State resources for African-American genealogy: Missouri
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African American Genealogy Examiner: Recommended film: â€œFamily Nameâ€
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African American Genealogy Examiner: Shout-outs to African-American Genealogy Blogs
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African American Genealogy Examiner: What is the Genealogical Proof Standard?
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African American Genealogy Examiner: Response to comments on ï¿½The myth of the ï¿½masterï¿½s nameï¿½ï¿½
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African American Genealogy Examiner: Using Google News Timeline for African-American research
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African American Genealogy Examiner: Anatomy of the 1920 federal census
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African American Genealogy Examiner: Great Resource: University of Virginia Library Historical
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African American Genealogy Examiner: Happy Memorial Day! The African-American contribution to t
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African American Genealogy Examiner: Living History: U. S. Colored Troops reenactment groups
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African American Genealogy Examiner: Historic newspapers online
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African American Genealogy Examiner: State online resources for African-American genealogy: Vir
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Free online African-American Genealogy class
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Anatomy of the 1910 federal census
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The African-American population in 1860
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Adam Adams, Free Black, Revolutionary War Soldier
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GenealogyWise: New genealogy networking site!
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Horrific abuse at historic African-American cemetery
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ProQuest announces African American Heritage
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A reasonably exhaustive searchÂ”
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Anatomy of the 1900 federal census
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Update: Burr Oak Cemetery (Alsip, Ill.) database online
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Using Archives.gov, Part One: Archival Research Catalog (ARC)
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Lowcountry Africana announces Coordinator of Resource Library
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GenClass offers Back to School Special on all genealogy courses in September & October
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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Benjamin Franklin; all of my many, many ancestors... Deep Ancestry: Inside the Genographic Project - Softcover Genographic Project Public Participation Kit

My Blog

Researching colonial Maryland patent records

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-35819-Baltimore...Powered by ShareThis This column previously addressed the nature of the patent system in early colonial Maryland. To conduct genealogical and hist...
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Colonial Maryland land patents and headrights

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-35819-Baltimore...Powered by ShareThis Colonial Maryland was a proprietary colony, meaning the land of the colony itself was granted to a Lord Proprietor, who then...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:34:00 GMT

Censuses in between the censuses

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-8873-African-Am...Powered by ShareThis This column previously addressed the importance of the 1870 U. S. census in African-American research. As noted in that articl...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:07:00 GMT

Civil War pension application files - a rich source of detail

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-8873-African-Am...Powered by ShareThis Many Civil War veterans and their widows or other dependents received pensions from the U. S. government for their support. Fo...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:32:00 GMT

Case study for Y-DNA testing in NGSQ

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-8873-African-Am...Powered by ShareThis On 20 October 2009, this column addressed the topic of Y-DNA testing for genealogical purposes. This relatively new developmen...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:07:00 GMT

Are census records reliable for genealogy research?

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-8873-African-Am...Powered by ShareThis Over the last six months, this column has discussed the Anatomy of the federal census for the years from 1870-1930, not incl...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:24:00 GMT

American Experience on PBS Reconstruction: The Second Civil War Watch it free online

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-8873-African-Am...Powered by ShareThis The PBS program American Experience is a wonderful series of documentaries about the history of the United States. The serie...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:41:00 GMT

National Blog Posting Month Can genealogy blogs meet the challenge?

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-8873-African-Am...Powered by ShareThis Taking their inspiration from National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), which challenges its members to write a complete nov...
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Anatomy of the 1870 federal census

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-8873-African-Am...Powered by ShareThis This article is part of a continuing series looking at each federal census individually. Please read the others in the archive...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:19:00 GMT

The importance of the 1870 U. S. Census to African-American research

http://www.examiner.com/x-8873-African-American-Ge...Powered by ShareThis When the 1860 federal census was collected and enumerated, slavery was still legal within most of the states south of the Maso...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:11:00 GMT