Repository: William Madison Randall Library

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Repository Visit – part one I am a recent North Carolinian. Just shy of two years ago I relocated to Wilmington, a historic port city.  I am still learning to navigate myself to the grocery store, let alone the library. There are numerous fine repositories and libraries, both local and…

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McGuire Method – innovative organization.

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Simplified Visualization of DNA Data Just about a year ago at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Records (IGHR) Blaine Bettinger had a student in class who had developed a simple visualization chart to keep herself organized.  This student was Lauren McGuire. The chart is ingenious within its own simplicity…

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Genetic Genealogy Convert – True Confession


Genetic Genealogy Holdout I am a pretty good time keeper.  In fact, I pride myself on being timely. I would even say I am usually ahead of schedule. However, when it comes to genetic genealogy, I confess I am fashionably late to the party. In 2002 I tested my father…

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Happy 4th of July America!

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Good morning America, how are you? I was in Pittsburgh all last week attending an intensive session at the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP). After spending a week totally engrossed in documentation with Dr. Thomas W. Jones, I needed a few days to recuperate. So with the other half…

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Genealogy Blog-‘Ceud Mìle Fàilte`

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Welcome! You have found your way to “Talking Stones and Genealogical Ramblings,” the blog of Beneath the Cairn. Here you will find a little bit of this and a little bit of that. From genealogy technique tips to sharing results of family research. This is a place of honest sharing without…

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