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How to Search United States Passport Records

09 Aug, 2020
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Have you ever wondered if your ancestors traveled? If they did, they may have applied for a passport. A passport was not mandatory in the United States for travel outside the country until 1941, except for in short periods during the Civil War and World W

02 Aug, 2020
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FamilySearch expanded its free online archives in June of 2020 with over 16.5 million new indexed family history records from all over the world. New historical records were added from American Samoa, Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Cape

01 Aug, 2020
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Do you have French ancestry and wonder where to start learning more about them? As you learn about your ancestors, take some time to learn about the country and the records that you can access to discover more about them. You’ll learn that a wealth

30 Jul, 2020
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We are living in historic times. Are you recording your experiences? Not only can journaling help you cope better with day-to-day life, but one day your family will be interested in knowing what it was like to live through the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. I

25 Jul, 2020
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Armenia is one of the oldest countries in the world. Its capital city, Yerevan, dates to about 600 BC. Ancient Armenia encompassed the Armenian Highlands, an enormous historical region shared today with Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Iran. Modern-day Ar

24 Jul, 2020
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Poodle skirts and ponytails, jeans and slick-backed hair—that’s what many people consider iconic 1950s fashions. These looks were popular for teens, but what did everyone else wear? Style in the 1950s offered both men and women a new range of

24 Jul, 2020
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Levon Avdoyan grew up in Providence, Rhode Island, on what he thought was traditional Armenian food. In 1972, he moved to Soviet Armenia to study for a Ph.D. He said, “It was then I realized that Armenian food in the Caucasus was different from Arme

21 Jul, 2020
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Did your ancestors immigrate to the United States and trek West during the 19th century? If they did, chances are they could be one of the 90,000 Latter-day Saint converts who heeded the call to come to Zion. You can now learn more than ever about these h

20 Jul, 2020
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Have you ever wondered when we started wearing denim jeans or where all those sci-fi novels came from? As it turns out, these and many other everyday things originated—or were perfected—in France. Whether or not the branches of your family tre

18 Jul, 2020
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French food and cooking styles have been developed for generations. Historically influenced by surrounding areas like Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and Belgium, France eventually developed a unique style. Today, French cuisine has influenced and ins