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Start a new hobby in the new year!
Need a hobby? Try genealogy. Said to be second only to gardening, genealogy is the fastest growing hobby in North America. I have been doing genealogy since I was 15 years old. I now consider it more an addiction than a hobby, but it is not a bad addiction...
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Evansville Historical Records for Businesses and Immigrants
The people at the Browning Family Foundation, who brought you the Browning Genealogy Database (Evansville area newspaper obituaries) and contributed to the Local History Database , have constructed 3 more historical databases to help local history buffs...
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Get inspired to vote: American history art exhibition at Louisville museum
Based on this Courier-Journal review by Louisville attorney Richard Clay, I'm going to take a break from incessant TV election campaigning and get truly inspired to vote by visiting the Speed Art Museum . "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness...
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Many books, manuscripts, photographs, newspapers, and maps have and are being digitized to make them viewable online on the relatively new website, Indiana Memory, http://www.in.gov/memories . You can search by broad topic or by keyword. The Indiana State...
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Where (almost) no one has gone before
Found on one of my favorite blogs, Boing Boing, Good Magazine has created an interactive site documenting "history's greatest journeys." For all you armchair travelers, or students with the infamous "explorers" report, this Web...
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