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	<title>The ProGenealogists® Genealogy Blog &#187; Ethnic</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>My Grandmother was 1/8 or 1/16 Indian Blood</title>
		<link>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2011/10/my-grandmother-was-18-or-116-indian-blood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Johnston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethnic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Native American]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I got a young start on my family history. I was in high school when my interest in pursuing my family&#8217;s genealogy began. Fortunately for me, three of my grandparents were still living. Others told me one good way to get started was to interview my grandparents and help them fill out a family sheet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transliteration vs. Translation</title>
		<link>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2011/05/transliteration-vs-translation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 22:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherry Lindsay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethnic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jewish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[misspellings]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of my friends have posed the question on Facebook recently: Why are some of the news outlets referring to Osama Bin Laden as &#8220;Usama?&#8221; It&#8217;s a legitimate question, and it has an answer that ties in nicely to genealogy.
In essence it boils down to transliteration. To transliterate means &#8220;to change (letters, words, etc.) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bait and Switch . . . or the Client’s Best Interest?</title>
		<link>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2011/02/bait-and-switch-or-the-client%e2%80%99s-best-interest/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2011/02/bait-and-switch-or-the-client%e2%80%99s-best-interest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 00:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kory Meyerink</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethnic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ProGenealogists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professional Genealogy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[client's best interest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[experienced researcher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hourly rates of professionals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professional Research]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.progenealogists.com/?p=1601</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the key tasks of every professional, especially in the field of genealogy, is to help the client understand exactly what the professional, or the firm, can do for them. On occasion, the client needs to be reminded that they chose to engage the professional because that professional knows more about the situation (in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Still More “Best” Free Websites for 2010</title>
		<link>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2010/10/still-more-%e2%80%9cbest%e2%80%9d-free-websites-for-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2010/10/still-more-%e2%80%9cbest%e2%80%9d-free-websites-for-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kory Meyerink</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[African American]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cemeteries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration and Emigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libraries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naturalizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free websites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[most popular family history websites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[most popular genealogy websites]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.progenealogists.com/?p=1356</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, there’s more we’d like to add to Family Tree Magazine’s recently released annual list of “101 Best Websites” for 2010, Check these out:
“Best Sites for African-American Roots”
The growing interest in, and availability of records, for African-American research deserves more than the seven sites noted in the magazine. As helpful and important as they are, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Pair of Plaid Pantaloons!</title>
		<link>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2010/08/a-pair-of-plaid-pantaloons/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2010/08/a-pair-of-plaid-pantaloons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Gurtler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[African American]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Probate Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tennessee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inventories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Probate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wills]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.progenealogists.com/?p=1264</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I spent a lot of time poring over probate records. One particular entry caught my eye. It was a receipt turned in to the court by a guardian for items he had purchased for a child. Among the shoes and the gloves was “a pair of plaid pantaloons!” Can’t you just picture them? Bear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Festive Names Throughout History</title>
		<link>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2009/12/festive-names-throughout-history/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2009/12/festive-names-throughout-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Shumway</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Census]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Native American]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ohio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[names]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the holiday season in full-swing, I thought it would be fun to use various holiday words and phrases and see if I could find people in historical records that carried these words and phrases as actual names. Here are a few that I found:
1. Mary Christmas
There are many instances of this name appearing, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want to Know who IS Native American?</title>
		<link>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2009/12/want-to-know-who-is-native-american/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2009/12/want-to-know-who-is-native-american/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karina Morales</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethnic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catholic parish registers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genealogy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hispanic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indios]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Native American]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uruguay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.progenealogists.com/?p=704</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Much talk goes on in our office about those who are Native American and those who are not. This is because many people request our services to find their Native American ancestors and most often documentation shows that they are not. This is true because most of the people who submit these requests are Caucasian. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Los que sí son indios americanos</title>
		<link>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2009/12/los-que-si-son-indios-americanos/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2009/12/los-que-si-son-indios-americanos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karina Morales</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethnic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genealogía]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[historia familiar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iglesia Católica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indígena]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indios americanos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investigación]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latinoamérica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[registros parroquiales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uruguay]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.progenealogists.com/?p=710</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Seguido hay comentarios en nuestra oficina sobre quiénes son indios americanos y quienes no lo son. Esto es porque diario recibimos peticiones de personas que quieren que les ayudemos a documentar su genealogía india americana. Y como las peticiones casi siempre vienen de personas caucásicas, sabemos por experiencia que la mayor parte del tiempo la [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Got Cherokee Ancestry? Part 1</title>
		<link>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2009/11/got-cherokee-ancestry-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2009/11/got-cherokee-ancestry-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Shumway</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethnic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Native American]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oklahoma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ProGenealogists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cherokee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dawes Rolls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trail of Tears]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.progenealogists.com/?p=451</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So you think you&#8217;re part Native American? As one of the Native American specialists here at ProGenealogists, I receive almost daily inquiries about our services from people who specifically want to trace a Native American ancestor. Perhaps your family tree is also decorated with similar stories. My own family had such a tradition. Supposedly my great-great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s in a Name?</title>
		<link>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2009/11/whats-in-a-name/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2009/11/whats-in-a-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karina Morales</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethnic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ancestors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genealogy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hispanic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[names]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[naming patterns]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently someone posted on Facebook a link to this article about Hispanic names trending down among the Hispanic population in the U.S. Names like William, Mark and Theodore are prefered over Guillermo, Marco and Teodoro. I didn’t pay much attention to it at first, but then my niece was born just over a week ago and [...]]]></description>
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