Desktop descendants

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Historical CD-ROMs, the Internet and online services are begining to offer information of use to genealogists. CD-ROM, for instance, has made census indices, marriage records, historical atlases and deed maps available. One interesting source on genealogy on the Internet is the Civil War Center.

Author: Gormley, Myra Vanderpool
Publisher: Hearst Magazines, a Division of the Hearst Corporation
Publication Name: Colonial Homes
Subject: Architecture and design industries
ISSN: 0195-1416
Year: 1996
Usage, Internet, Information services, CD-ROM databases

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Images of the past

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Daguerrotype photographs are images which appear shiny from one angle and dark from another. Named for its inventor, Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, they became popular from 1839 to 1880 and several sub-types arose.

Author: Gormley, Myra Vanderpool
Publisher: Hearst Magazines, a Division of the Hearst Corporation
Publication Name: Colonial Homes
Subject: Architecture and design industries
ISSN: 0195-1416
Year: 1996
Appreciation, Photographs

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Scottish heritage

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Approximately 1.5 million Scots have come to America since colonial times. Information on tracing Scottish heritage is accompanied by a brief history of the Scottish in America.

Author: Gormley, Myra Vanderpool
Publisher: Hearst Magazines, a Division of the Hearst Corporation
Publication Name: Colonial Homes
Subject: Architecture and design industries
ISSN: 0195-1416
Year: 1992
History, Scottish Americans

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Subjects list: Genealogy, Methods
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