Western History & Genealogy Blog

Genealogy

Dewey Moved My Cemetery!

Submitted by jjeffrey on Fri, 08/07/2009 - 10:34am

Denver researchers have heard stories of the relocations of Acacia, Mount Prospect and Calvary Cemeteries. Now they are asking where have all of the cemetery books gone?

Books are cataloged and classified in most libraries. We use the Dewey decimal classification system. Books are not just unboxed and placed on the shelves in libraries.

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Eat! Learn! Celebrate!

Submitted by jjeffrey on Sat, 06/13/2009 - 2:33pm

Colorado Genealogical Society celebrates 85 years of service to the genealogical community. 

Founded in 1924, the Colorado Genealogical Society welcomes visitors and new members who want to share their  interest in family history and genealogical research.

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Tombstone Math

Submitted by rdudley on Mon, 05/11/2009 - 9:07am

Here's a shortcut for calculating a birth date when the death date is given on the tombstone or in an obituary, but only the age in years, months and days.

It is called the 8870 formula.

Here's how to use the "magic" 8870 formula.

Here's an example: Ancestor died May 6, 1889 at the age of 71 years, 7 months and 9 days, convert those to numbers

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