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Occupations Are a Key to Unlocking Missing Ancestors

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One of the basic challenges of genealogical research is the same name = the same person issue. The reality is that very few names are unique, and it is often the case that we find many people living closely together with the same names. One important way to distinguish people with the same name is to focus on occupations. Come and learn how to use occupations as a research tool.

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