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• Search Tip of the Day--Almost Every Day: 1790-1930 US Census Free at Archive.org
  Tags: genealogy, records, resource, free
• Genealogy's Star: What of family tradition?
  Tags: genealogy, tips, native
  • the one where an "ancestor" usually the wife of someone back a few generations, is supposed to be an Indian. Not surprisingly, some of these stories turn out to be true.
  • Unfortunately, this type of inquiry is usually without merit or the interested individuals are unwilling to spend the time and the effort to do a proper investigation that will be accepted by the particular tribe.
  • Don't believe all that you hear, but use all that you hear to investigate the facts. 
• Genealogy's Star: Where to go for the basics
  A nice list of genealogy courses available on-line
  Tags: genealogy, Resources, Education
  • - By Nancy Lecompte

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Indians in Paris?

I recently found a single sentence in a book (written in French) which could be of great interest to the Kanistanaux project. The topic is, of all things, the 1867 Universal Exposition in Paris, France.
Guess who was there? Yep, it’s him   He’s baaaack ---

Dr. Lee & U-ta-wa-un

A few weeks ago I posted a news clipping about U-ta-wa-un touring in Vermont with Dr. Lee-o-netto as a member of his troupe. Today’s post will cover a nice little treasure relating to this tour. It was located by my good friend Salmon, who is a total research hound. Once he found this artifact, he tracked down the owner and purchased a digit copy for me so I could post it on this blog.

K’chi Wliwni Nidoba

This document is a bit unusual for the time period since it is written using an early version of the “writing machine” or what folks of my generation would recognized as a typewriter.