Genealogical Library
Research Techniques
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- August 2010 - Allure - "Insiders' Guide, How to Research Your Family Tree - An Interview With Megan Smolenyak" by Emily Hsieh
- November/December 2009 - Ancestry Magazine article - "Found! Silver Where"
- November/December 2008 - Ancestry Magazine article - "The Quest for Obama's Irish Roots"
- October, 2008 - Ancestry Magazine article - "White Night Rescue"
- September, 2008 - Irish Times article - "Four Green Fields"
- September, 2008 - Ancestry Magazine article - "The Man (or Woman) Who Would Be King"
- July/August 2008 - Ancestry Magazine article - "Where is the Honor Guard?"
- May/June 2008 - Ancestry Magazine article (digital version) - "Found! Who Gets the Bible"
- March 1, 2007 - Ancestry Magazine article - "She Had Me at Junkyard"
- January/February 2008 - Ancestry Magazine article (digital version) - "When Bibles Go Camping"
- December 3, 2007 - Ancestry Magazine article - "Freeing the Freeman Bible"
- November/December 2007 - Ancestry Magazine article (digital version) - "Travelin' Man"
- August 2, 2007 - Ancestry Magazine article - "Serial Centenarians"
- November 5, 2006 - Ancestry Weekly Journal article - "Using Ancestry: Loving the Old Man's Draft"
- June 11, 2006 - Ancestry Weekly Journal article - "Keep an Eye on eBay"
- May 5, 2006 - Ancestry Weekly Journal article - "Finding 20th Century Ancestors"
- April 17, 2006 - Ancestry Weekly Journal article - "Tips from the Pros: Contacting Funeral Home Directors"
- March 23, 2006 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Complete Idiots and Everything"
- March 6, 2006 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Flea Market Rescue"
- December 15, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "DNA Database Diving"
- December 8, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Have You Already Been DNA-Tested?"
- November 11, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Where's Parmo?"
- October 13, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Flat Stanley Does His Roots"
- September 13, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Name Dropping"
- August 2, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "A Coronery Case"
- July 21, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "The Name Game"
- June 2005 - Family Chronicle article - "Fantastic Family Functions!"
Read this article in PDF format. Provided here with the kind permission of Family Chronicle magazine. - June 26, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Still More Extreme Genealogy"
- June 22, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Immigrant Bonanza"
- June 9, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "More Extreme Genealogy"
- April 14, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Virtual Post-Its"
- April 19, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Extreme Genealogy"
- January 28, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Networking via MyFamily.com Sites"
- January 25, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Is There a Project on Your Surname?"
- December 28, 2004 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Ellis Island Re-Launches"
- December 2004 - Family Tree article - "Searching for Slovaks" Read this article in PDF format.
Published by and provided here with the kind permission of Family Tree magazine.
- October 2004 - Family Chronicle article - "The Art of the Interview"
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- October 7, 2004 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Story Corps by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak"
- September 23, 2004 - Ancestry Daily News article - "DNA Holiday "
- August 2004 - Family Chronicle article - "Finding Homes for Orphan Heirlooms"
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- August 19, 2004 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Genealogical Cold Calling"
- June 24, 2004 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Playing with the Census"
- June 2004 - Family Chronicle article - "Getting the Most From Your Genealogy Trips to Europe"
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- June 2004 - Family Chronicle article - "Get Smart with GenSmart"
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- May - June 2004 - Ancestry article - "Speeding Up Your Search for Immigrants"
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- February 26, 2004 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Twentieth Century Vital Records Indexes"
- February 11, 2004 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Finding a Soldier's Family"
- January 22, 2004 - Ancestry Daily News article - "GenSmarts"
- December 30, 2003 - Ancestry Daily News article - "As Time Goes By..."
- October 30, 2003 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Solving Mysteries by Broadcasting"
- September/October 2003 - Heritage Quest article - "Answers in the Cemetery: James Reynolds of Jersey City, NJ"
- May/June 2003 - Family Chronicle article - "A Dozen Ways to Find Your Living Kin"
Read this article in PDF format. Includes photos and screenshots. Published by and provided here with the kind permission of Family Chronicle. - November/December 2002 - Heritage Quest article - "Mayors and Clergymen: Powerful Partners in Genealogy"
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September/October 2002 - Ancestry article - "Building a Village-Based Community"
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October 2002 - PI Magazine article - "Working with Genealogists"
Read this article in PDF format. Includes photos and screenshots. Published by and provided here with the kind permission of PI Magazine. - September/October 2002 - Heritage Quest article - "Maurice Reidy: Little Boy Lost" (road trip techniques)
- July/August 2002 - Family Chronicle article - "Jump Starting Your Eastern European Research"
Read this article in PDF format. Includes photos and screenshots. Published by and provided here with the kind permission of Family Chronicle. - November/December 2001 - Heritage Quest article - "Reverse Genealogy: Finding Your Lost Loved Ones"
