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Banish the “Ghost of Christmas Debt” with a 1975-Style Savings Strategy
Banish the “Ghost of Christmas Debt” with a 1975-Style Savings Strategy Banish the “Ghost of Christmas Debt”: As I sit here looking at the calendar and watching the final days of 2025 slip away, I suspect many of us are sharing a collective groan. It is not from the leftover turkey or the excessive amounts…
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Boxing Day for Genealogists: Unboxing History and Creating New Traditions
Boxing Day for Genealogists: Unboxing History and Creating New Traditions Boxing Day for Genealogists: The wrapping paper has been torn away, the holiday feast is now leftovers, and the rush of Christmas Day has finally settled into a quiet hum. For many, December 26th is simply the day to recover or hit the clearance sales.…
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Holiday Travel: Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories
Holiday Travel: Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories Holiday Travel – December 13th: Planes, trains, and automobiles. Snowstorms, long drives, or the first Christmas after moving away from home. Do you remember the sound of snow tires crunching on gravel? The smell of a heater kicking on in a cold station wagon? Or the rustle of…
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The Results Are In: Did Mommy Really Kiss Santa? (Plus, the Lowest AncestryDNA Price in History!)
The Results Are In: Did Mommy Really Kiss Santa? (Plus, the Lowest AncestryDNA Price in History!) The Results Are In: Did Mommy Really Kiss Santa? If you’ve spent any time in a department store this month, you’ve heard the song. It’s a catchy, innocent holiday classic: a child sneaks downstairs and spots “Mommy kissing Santa Claus…
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Other Traditions – Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories
Other Traditions – Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories Other Traditions: Every family has rituals—some odd, some touching, some hilarious. Capture them all. Other Traditions: For genealogists and family historians, the holiday season is a double-edged sword. On one hand, we are surrounded by the very people we spend all year researching (or wishing we could…
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The Best Christmas Movie You Never Heard Of (But Need to Watch Immediately!)
The Best Christmas Movie You Never Heard Of (But Need to Watch Immediately!) The Best Christmas Movie You Never Heard Of Rating: ★★★★★ (5/5 Stars) Film: It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) If you love digging into the past as much as I do, you know that sometimes the best treasures are the ones hidden…
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Save 65 Percent on AncestryDNA This Father’s Day 2026 — The Best DNA Test Deal of the Year
Save 65 Percent on AncestryDNA : AncestryDNA Father’s Day Sale saves you 65% on the world’s #1 DNA test kit — June 8–22, 2026 only. Give Dad the gift of his roots. Shop the deal now!
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International Archives and the Research Breakthrough You’ve Been Waiting For
International Archives and the Research Breakthrough You’ve Been Waiting For There’s a moment every genealogist knows. You’ve traced your family back through American census records, naturalization papers, maybe even a ship manifest. And then you hit the ocean. The trail vanishes into an old country — a village in County Cork, a province in Galicia,…
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International Archives Day: Your Ancestors Left a Paper Trail — Time to Follow It
International Archives Day is June 9 check out our genealogy guide to finding aids, NARA, state archives, church records, and ArchiveGrid. Start your search today.