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1. The Border Reivers Have you traced your family history? Do you know the origin of your name? Have you checked the genealogy of your family tree? If you can find your surname on the map below then your ancestors were probably Reiver's, one of the clans that roamed th...
2. Trace your Dutch roots online If you have Dutch ancestors and want to find out more about them, you will be pleasantly surprised about the wealth of information that is freely available on the internet. In this lens, I will guide you to the best places to find your Dutch ancestors...
3. Genealogy...Creating an Awesome Family Tree Creating a Family Tree is fun and easy. We have gone back to the 1600's with our Family Tree and learned so much great information about our ancestors.
4. Genealogy and Family History Paul Duxbury is fast becoming one of the leading experts on researching your Family History through the internet.  He owns a wide variety of Genealogy Websites all of which aim to provide Family Historians and Genealogists with access to helpfu...
5. How to Begin Your Genealogy Research Doing genealogical research - tracing your roots, or building your family tree - is an exciting and fulfilling project. There's no one "right way" to get started, but in this lens I'll share my ideas, lots of resources, and the tools that have worked...
6. Shaking Your Family Tree - a Genealogy Guide Who were your great grandparents? What did they do? Where did they live? It's amazing what you can find out when you give your family tree a metaphorical shake and start to delve into the past. In this lens I'll suggest some ways to go about...
7. The Australian Rainbow Serpent The Australian Aboriginal people believe the universe has two aspects - the physical world in which we live and another connected world from which it is derived called the Dreamtime. One of the most important dragons of creation mythology is the Austr...
8. Geneology Wouldn't it be fantastic to find your family roots? Are you feeling alone and want to find out who those people you call "family" and "ancestors" truly were? Just who ARE your ancestors? Well, you are about to go down the halls of genealogy! There a...
9. How to write your personal history Writing your Personal History doesn't have to be hard; in fact, it can be a lot of fun. With a few simple suggestions, you can make real progress and end up with a great Personal History.
10. MBT Walking Shoes and Sandals MBT WALKING SHOES What is MBT? Masai Barefoot Technology or mBT is not just a shoe in the ordinary sense – it is a revolutionary fitness aid from SwissMasai. This product will not only change the way you use your muscles, but will improve the use...
11. How to make Genealogy Fun for the Entire Family   Genealogy is the study of family ancestries & histories. These are activities that are enjoyable and often amusing; and you will say, "I do it for the fun of it"!   Don't forget to keep your family antiques.&nb...
12. What does my name mean? How do you find out what your first and last names mean? Read on, my friend if you dare. You might just find out that your name means "mud" and then you'll be upset the rest of your life. So, live on without knowing, or give it a whirl and find out.
13. Strange But True Genealogy Stories - Coincidence. . .or not. A very unlikely meeting between unrelated people looking for the same information, spinning microfilm stopping at the exact name being looked for out of thousands of other names, pages falling out of a stack of papers with the desired information. Th...
14. Genealogy Scrapbook Ideas One of the reasons that people do scrapbooks is because they want to preserve the memories of genealogy, family history, occasions or events. In fact, a scrapbook has long been synonymous with albums because it is primarily filled with pictures and...
15. Genealogy, ancestry and family tree Discovering the family tree is steadily becoming a major internet-based hobby. Until some time ago, genealogy research was reserved for scholars who needed to have access to academic libraries and all sort of obscure archives. For lay people, those r...
16. Familypedia is great for genealogy I'm using a free cooperative website to further my family history. You can join us. In 2004 I discovered Wikipedia. Hooray! Then in 2005 I found that my serious passion, genealogy, was the subject of a FREE website that used the same easy markup...
17. Susanne Iles, Artist Susanne is an Irish contemporary symbolist painter, writer, and curator, living in Castletownbere, County Cork, Ireland. Born in Canada, Susanne attended the Ontario College of Art. Her career as a professional artist now spans 20 years, and includes...
18. Genealogy Columns and Articles Genealogy Lens with a variety of how-to articles or sites which offer a daily, weekly or monthly genealogy column (with old columns archived).   The question I get asked all the time is "How do I get started with my family tree?" &...
19. LOST: A Sock Speaks Out Let me begin by sharing what I'm not. I'm not a fancy argyle. Nope. That is so not me, people! And I certainly don't pretend to have cashmere tastes. One-hundred percent cotton--that's me, from a long, proud family of sports socks in the midwest. My...
20. The World of Genealogy Research After spending a few years researching my own family tree I wanted to "branch" out a bit.  I enjoy digging up new finds and not only strictly for myself.  I love doing research in general and jump on the chance to look up informat...