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While we are in Boston we have two major methods of working on genealogy. We can go to some of the excellent libraries nearby or we can use Greg and Rachel’s excellent bandwidth and work online.  We have been debating on whether to make the drive to Waltham and do some research on family military history at the National Archives.  Instead we took advantage of an offer to join Fold3 online.  Among other things we have found a court document from 194 years ago certifying that Karen’s ancestor Alexander Oliver fought in the Revolutionary War. It’s so amazing to be able to do that while sitting on the sofa in the living room!

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  1. Karen
    Karen on June 20, 2012 at 8:11 pm

    There is a trap in genealogy called
    “The names’s the same” and I fell into that trap. This is a different Alexander Oliver. Oops! Got to look for the one who moved to Ohio after The War.

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