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	<title>Midwest Roots</title>
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	<description>Research and Writing from Northwest Indiana by Harold Henderson</description>
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		<title>67 Allegany County New York Probate Estate Papers Finding Aid</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York probates are notoriously wonderful, especially in the 19th century when other records are scarce. FamilySearch has now made them available on line in browseable form. The following is one small effort to make these unique materials more findable. Estate Papers 1807-1930, Box 2, Allegany County, New York; “New York, Probate Records, 1629-1972,” FamilySearch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to Midwest Roots!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been a professional writer since 1979, a genealogist since 1999, a professional genealogist since 2009, and a Board-certified professional genealogist since 1 June 2012. Use the &#8220;Contact Harold&#8221; box to get in touch. I hope this site will help your genealogy quest in at least one of the following ways: (1) Use free [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Midwestern City Directories in Valparaiso</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 19:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[. . . in the second floor genealogy room, 103 Jefferson Street http://www.pcpls.lib.in.us/valparaiso.html ILLINOIS Champaign-Urbana 1904-12 Chicago 1861-66, 1868-73, 1876-77, 1880, 1885, 1887, 1890, 1893, 1895, 1900, 1905, 1910-11, 1915, 1917, 1923, 1928, 1973 Cicero 1913-27 Evanston 1882-89, 1937-39 Harvey 1907-22 Hyde Park 1883-89 Joliet 1901-1906 Kankakee 1904-25, 1927-35 La Salle/Peru 1905-26 scattered Oak Park [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Presentation: Why We Don&#8217;t Write and How We Can</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 13:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>haroldhenderson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lectures]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Genealogists need to write in order to prove our families, preserve our work, and propagate our information. How to make the time and make it fun. This presentation includes visuals and runs about 50 minutes. Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced. Contact me for more information and open dates.]]></description>
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		<title>Some Private Laws of Indiana Relating to La Porte County</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2012 16:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRIVATE LAWS OF INDIANA RELATING TO LA PORTE COUNTY ON LINE 1843-1847 and 1850 available on GoogleBooks 28 July 2012 What follows is a sampling from one county of a little-used legal resource for genealogists and historians that is available in most states and counties. Six annual &#8220;local law&#8221; books for Indiana are available on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free lookup in Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Directories 1949-1950</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Directory 1949 and Directory 1950, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2825 Lexington Road, Louisville, KY. Students, addresses, and prior higher education. Email me with your query at librarytraveler  AT gmail DOT com.]]></description>
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		<title>Free Lookup in Indiana Place Names</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 17:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>haroldhenderson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Free Lookups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indiana]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ronald L. Baker and Marvin Carmony, Indiana Place Names (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1975) More than 2,000 Hoosier places names and their origins. Email me with your query at librarytraveler  AT gmail DOT com.]]></description>
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		<title>Free Lookup in Index to the Justices Court Records 1879-1906, New Durham Township, La Porte County, Indiana</title>
		<link>http://www.midwestroots.net/2012/05/free-lookup-in-index-to-the-justices-court-records-1879-1906-new-durham-township-la-porte-county-indiana/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=free-lookup-in-index-to-the-justices-court-records-1879-1906-new-durham-township-la-porte-county-indiana</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 19:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>haroldhenderson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Court Records]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Email me with your query at librarytraveler  AT gmail DOT com. I can supply the nature of the case, plaintiff &#38; defendant, date, and JP presiding. The original book is in the La Porte County Clerk&#8217;s office. Allen, Edward, 407 Allison, George, 10 American Steel &#38; Wire Co., 426 Anderson, Daniel, 84 Ansley, Elmer, 307, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Lookup in 1987 La Porte Directory</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 21:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>haroldhenderson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City Directories]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[1987 La Porte, Indiana, City Directory (Taylor MI: R. L. Polk &#38; Co., 1987) Includes alphabetical listing, business directory,  street directory, reverse phone-number directory, and county taxpayers list. Email me with your query at librarytraveler  AT gmail DOT com.]]></description>
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		<title>Free Lookup in Flint-Thrall Family Letters 1870-1898 (mostly southern Illinois)</title>
		<link>http://www.midwestroots.net/2012/05/free-lookup-in-flint-thrall-family-letters-1870-1898/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=free-lookup-in-flint-thrall-family-letters-1870-1898</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 21:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>haroldhenderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harold Henderson, tr., Flint-Thrall family letters, 1870-1898, typescript with name, place, and subject indexes. Ninety-eight letters in the family of Methodists Rev. Leonidas W. Thrall and Edith M. (Flint) Thrall, mostly from southern Illinois, centering around McKendree College and Lebanon, St. Clair County. Genealogical value lies in the many names mentioned, often without sufficient identification. [...]]]></description>
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