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“Document” Enhancement --By on February 7th, 2010

Image & document restoration is key to successfully reading many genealogical documents. The source documents we have available [...]

“Photo” Enhancements --By on February 11th, 2010

Getting a good picture from an aged image is crucial to developing and maintaining a good family history.  [...]

“Un-German” German Names --By on April 13th, 2011

Last evening, my wife and I watched a documentary on Poland, it covered the Gdansk (Danzig)- Szczecin (Stettin) [...]

’tis the season --By on December 22nd, 2009

We wish all our relatives, readers and friends the most Joyous of Holiday Seasons!
May your lives be filled [...]

100,000 Visitor --By on May 11th, 2011

Today (a snowy Colorado day in May) ManyRoads was visited by our 100,000 visitor. What can we say [...]

14 October 2010 Update --By on October 14th, 2010

Well it’s about time for the ManyRoads Monthly Update-Newsletter. The past month has been quite eventful.
Among the most [...]

15 Excellent & FREE Genealogy Sites --By on April 24th, 2010

Numerous excellent FREE genealogy sites are available- probably too many to mention. Beyond the sites listed below from [...]

2010 Top Ten --By on December 27th, 2010

Hmm… the top 10 genealogy items for ManyRoads this year are…
I wish I could say this list was [...]

25,000 plus Visitors! --By on July 15th, 2010

ManyRoads just passed our 25,000th unique site visitor; we began counting on: 13 December 2009.
Thank you! Thank you!
We [...]

8th Semi-irregular ManyRoads Newsletter --By on January 15th, 2011

First, let me apologize for the delay in publishing the ManyRoads, semi-irregular Newsletter.  But as you [...]

9 October Presentation- Parker Genealogical Society --By on October 11th, 2010

I am pleased to inform everyone that the presentation on 9 October 2010 went quite well.  We had [...]

9th Semi-irregular ManyRoads Newsletter --By on February 22nd, 2011

I apologize for delay in getting our semi-irregular newletter out.  Things have been a bit hectic and [...]

A Banner Day! --By on November 13th, 2010

11 months to the day from when we began ‘full-scale’ usage of WordPress on ManyRoads, we were graced [...]

A good home --By on May 31st, 2010

Everyone one needs a good home.  Your family website is no exception.
There are lots of reasons to choose [...]

a little help??? --By on January 12th, 2010

Unfortunately my LDS ev. Church books for Zeyer – Ellerwald (West Prussia) are reaching an end…I’d love to [...]

Alert! Chrome & Tweets --By on February 25th, 2010

Chrome, to my knowledge, does not ‘yet’ support reading DJVU files.  I have looked up and down for [...]

Alexis Menard- Louise Pageau family history --By on July 20th, 2011

Notes:

This history will become the basis for my September 2011 tutorial at the Parker Genealogical Society. (Another [...]

Almost! --By on October 1st, 2010

Amazing! Wonderful.
I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to our readership. During the month of Septemeber, we experienced [...]

Anabaptist Mennonite Tradition & Background --By on July 13th, 2010

Much of the Robert Henss family background is rooted in Swiss and Iowa Anabaptist Mennonite traditions.  Many of [...]

Ancestor Approved Award --By on May 30th, 2011

Sassy Jane Genealogy: was nice enough a few months ago to give ManyRoads the Ancestor Approved Award. Sassy, [...]

Another apology! --By on October 24th, 2010

It saddens me greatly to say that ManyRoads has been down for nearly 20 hours.
As I noted in [...]

Another Research Success! --By on January 19th, 2010

Today was one of those days I enjoy; I spent much of the day doing family research in [...]

Any idea where Zeyer’s early ev. Kirche records might be found? --By on December 31st, 2009

Hello all!
I have what is for me a riddle. I know that before 1774 Zeyer had a Church, [...]

Archivalia --By on August 10th, 2010

ManyRoads has been acknowledged as providing a helpful source of original Prussian & German archives and documentation by [...]

Auguste Alvina Caroline Kunz --By on September 20th, 2011

It was another one of those days a genealogist only dreams of… one, when a huge brick wall [...]

California Genealogy Links --By on November 19th, 2010

The State of California provides a rather robust set of genealogy links.  We hope you find them helpful [...]

Castle Rock Genealogical Society Presentation --By on April 17th, 2011

Well yesterday was one of those wonderful experiences for me.
I had the opportunity to meet with and speak [...]

Changes on ManyRoads --By on August 12th, 2010

The changes are a-coming! Some of the changes to the site are fairly significant others tiny.  However, although [...]

Chelyabinsk, RU --By on September 18th, 2010

Today while I was reviewing at the locations of the ManyRoads readers I came across, what for me [...]

Cleanup from Ancestry.com #2 --By on April 2nd, 2010

Ancestry files require a lot of clean-up before they are really useful or accurate.  As I noted earlier, [...]

Cloudflare & ManyRoads --By on November 11th, 2010

Website security & speed are crucial to your genealogy site. Like most websites, genealogy sites are under daily [...]

Clyde Ross- photos found --By on July 31st, 2011

If you know of anyone related to and/or seeking images of a young Clyde Ross born in Cambridge [...]

Conducting Better German Research --By on March 15th, 2011

Recently, I have received numerous queries on how to get started or better conduct German genealogy research.  Rather [...]

Conversion! We are GREEN! --By on November 4th, 2009

We apologize for the rough performance of the ManyRoads site during this time.  Because of the increased use [...]

Copying DJVU Files --By on May 29th, 2010

Sometimes you just want a copy of a text.  If that text is published using DJVU, here’s a [...]

Created with Free Software #1 --By on May 30th, 2010

If you were watching closely, you probably noticed a new logo at the bottom on the ManyRoads web [...]

Created with Free Software #2 --By on June 2nd, 2010

One of the great strengths of using an open source (or I suppose for fee) web development toolkit [...]

Created with Free Software #3 --By on June 3rd, 2010

There are a fairly astonishing number of hidden and nearly hidden functions on good websites.
In communities communication between [...]

Data gathering tools (new, to me) --By on January 29th, 2012

As a genealogist that conducts much of his research on the web, good data and image gathering tools [...]

Database Problems --By on February 20th, 2010

I apologize for the Database Connection Errors you may have been getting.  The problem is with our site [...]

Deyo genealogy --By on February 13th, 2010

Based on data and input I have received from various people, I believe I have traced  and [...]

DNA based genealogy search --By on November 27th, 2010

Which genetic genealogy DNA service is best?  This is the question with which I am currently wrestling. Perhaps [...]

Does anyone know Tommy? --By on February 11th, 2010

Tommy was an English war prisoner who spent most of World War 2 with the Senger family in [...]

Elbinger Adressbücher --By on May 31st, 2010

We are seeking to complete our collection of all known Elbing Prussia (Kreis Elbing Westpreussen) Address and Telephone [...]

Fair Use --By on January 24th, 2009

ManyRoads may contain material copyrighted by others. ManyRoads makes any such such material available in an effort to [...]

Family friends… --By on November 16th, 2010

Who says genealogy is not full of surprises? Well, not me!
Over the past few months I have had [...]

Finding Genealogy Software (more) pointers… --By on December 23rd, 2011

In keeping with the theme of my previous posting, here are some additional pointers to genealogy software and [...]

Finding German Genealogy Data --By on April 4th, 2011

So where are the best places to find German Genealogy data?
I hear this question, or something similar, often.  [...]

Finding German War Dead --By on April 25th, 2011

If, like me, you seek relatives who fought on the German side of a war, you might have [...]

Free Genealogy Forms, Software, etc. --By on July 21st, 2010

Genealogy Free Stuff!
Free Genealogy Forms, Clip Art, Books, and more

Family tree templates are only available through a few [...]