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Iterate

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3. A trick with ancestry.com pages
Mon Apr 9, 2012, 05:33 PM
Apr 2012

Early last year I had decided to end my subscription, at least for a few years while I got caught up with other sources and some much needed documentation and database cleanup. As you might expect, I had a mini-breakthrough in the last week.

So I used a firefox extension called "ScrapBook" to race through many many dozens of Ancestry and census pages, downloading them automatically for offline browsing. Then it's a matter of sorting out the database entry later, but it was fast. Works well for gathering historical background as well. I don't see that I'll ever need a year subscription again.

Congrats on your find. Next question: How did he get to Michigan? Always another question.

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Congrats! Lucinda Apr 2012 #1
Thanks! polly7 Apr 2012 #4
A banner day!!! kdmorris Apr 2012 #2
Wow! polly7 Apr 2012 #5
A trick with ancestry.com pages Iterate Apr 2012 #3
Thanks, Iterate. polly7 Apr 2012 #6
A lot of people moved from Canada to Michigan csziggy Apr 2012 #7
Funny thing is, I got one from Michigan, too! AverageJoe90 Dec 2012 #8
Wow, great find! CountAllVotes Jan 2013 #9
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