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The Best Place to Build Your Family Tree (and Keep Your Sanity Intact) — WikiTree

Posted on 17 April, 2026 by Janice Brown

I rarely promote products or services because genealogy should be about shared knowledge, not advertising. But there is one free resource that truly matters: it provides genealogists with tools to confirm family lines, correct mistakes, and strengthen the accuracy of … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Suffragist, Performer, Composer, Poet, Human Rights Advocate: Abby J. (Hutchinson) Patton of Milford (1829-1892)

Posted on 26 June, 2019 by Janice Brown

“She was interested in the education of women and was an earnest believer in women’s suffrage, which movement she has aided by tongue and pen,” is how she was described in the book, “A Woman of the Century; Fourteen Hundred-Seventy … Continue reading →

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Ten Genealogy Lessons “Game of Thrones” Teaches Us

Posted on 20 May, 2019 by Janice Brown

During the television series Game of Thrones knowing how people were related, or who they descended from, becomes intrinsically important to each character and determines their fate. If you were related to any of the “great houses” of Westeros you … Continue reading →

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Samuel Joy and His Spite Tombstone in Durham New Hampshire

Posted on 16 April, 2018 by Janice Brown

I have to admit–I hesitated to write this story.  We probably will never know the entire truth behind Samuel Joy’s “spite” tombstone, and that bothers me. If a spite tombstone is new to you, know it is a cemetery monument … Continue reading →

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A Genealogist’s Christmas Tale

Posted on 25 December, 2017 by Janice Brown

I recently binge-watched the entire television  series “Lie to Me.” It is a crime-drama series about a brilliant though blunt man who is a deception expert. He looks into peoples faces and notices the almost invisible twitches, tics and involuntary … Continue reading →

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