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	<title>The ProGenealogists® Genealogy Blog &#187; Lorraine Bourne</title>
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	<description>Regular posts from each member of our corporate office in Salt Lake City. We hope you’ll notice just how passionate we are about research and about the extensive services we provide to our clients.</description>
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		<title>A Little Background on Tim McGraw&#8217;s Research</title>
		<link>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2011/02/a-little-background-on-tim-mcgraws-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorraine Bourne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Census]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Library of Virginia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manuscripts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Methodology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Archives of America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ProGenealogists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vital Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Who do you think you are]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manuscript collections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was exciting to work on the Tim McGraw episode of “Who Do You Think You Are?”. A lot of hard work went into determining which stories could be used from the research conducted by ProGenealogists (a Division of Ancestry.com), Ancestry.com, ShedMedia, and some local researchers. Southern States work is not easy and numerous records [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative Death Records</title>
		<link>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2010/09/alternative-death-records/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorraine Bourne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cemeteries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Court Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Methodology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspapers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Probate Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vital Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternatives to death certificates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death records]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A close loved one of mine recently passed away. At the time of the death a treasure trove of documents pertaining to the family was created though the estate was very small. There are more death records than the modern death certificate provided by a county or state government agency:

The assisted living facility, nursing home, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mid-South Marriage Records</title>
		<link>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2010/08/mid-south-marriage-records/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorraine Bourne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Court Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kentucky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Methodology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vital Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Virginia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[locating marriage records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mid-south marriage records]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the oldest existing vital records for Southern States research are marriage records. Laws and customs regarding marriage records and vital statistics for many of the states of the Mid-South region have roots in the Commonwealth of Virginia or North Carolina. Bordering areas of North Carolina and Virginia both influenced each other. West Virginia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rewarding Research</title>
		<link>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2010/05/rewarding-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 23:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorraine Bourne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Memories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cross-country research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[examining research holes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding living relatives]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently worked with a case where a client wanted to know about his father. He was 85 years old. His parents married when his father was in the service but were divorced shortly after. He never knew his father and wanted to know what happened to him. Through research we were able identify his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Citations! Citations! Citations!</title>
		<link>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2010/03/citations-citations-citations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorraine Bourne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Methodology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professional Genealogy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[avoiding duplication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[documentation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.progenealogists.com/?p=915</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Citation and documentation is extremely important in validating work completed by a genealogist. Paraphrasing Dick Eastman, &#8216;genealogy that is not documented is a myth.&#8217; Citing sources often will show the strengths and weaknesses of a work to the researcher. New insights appear, and many times mistakes and errors are avoided.
An important part of doing family [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Perspective</title>
		<link>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2010/01/a-new-perspective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorraine Bourne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ProGenealogists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genealogy industry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’m new at ProGenealogists® so I have an outsider’s perspective, although I have been a professional researcher for several years, and an adjunct professor at Salt Lake Community College teaching genealogy courses. Customer service and client care have always been important to me.
When I decided to join ProGenealogists® many aspects of the company appealed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modern Day Pension Benefits</title>
		<link>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2009/12/modern-day-pension-benefits/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2009/12/modern-day-pension-benefits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorraine Bourne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vital Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insurance Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Military Discharge Papers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Military Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security Number]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Veterans Pension Benefits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One overlooked genealogical treasure when researching modern ancestors is modern day pension benefits. Recently, I was put in a position to place my mother, who had lived with me many years, in an assisted living facility. My husband had sustained an injury that needed my additional care and attention.
As I went about arranging my mother&#8217;s situation, [...]]]></description>
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