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Janie Riley is an avid genealogist with a habit of stumbling on to dead bodies. She and her husband head to Salt Lake City Utah to research Janie's elusive 4th great-grandmother. But her search into the past leads her to a dark secret. Can she solve the mysteries of the past and the present before disaster strikes? Available now on Amazon.com and and Amazon.ca
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Death Finds a Way: A Janie Riley Mystery
by Lorine McGinnis Schulze

Janie Riley is an avid genealogist with a habit of stumbling on to dead bodies. She and her husband head to Salt Lake City Utah to research Janie's elusive 4th great-grandmother. But her search into the past leads her to a dark secret. Can she solve the mysteries of the past and the present before disaster strikes? Available now on Amazon.com and Amazon.ca

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Olive Tree Genealogy Suggests Further reading:
* Making Sense of Alphabet Soup: Abbreviations and their meanings in Genealogy
* Genealogy Without Sources is Mythology!
Pedigree Chart: Begins with you and displays your direct ancestors. Most pedigree charts cover four generations, with a place for names plus dates and places of birth, marriage and death for each person.

Family Group Sheet: Used to record names and information on an ancestor and his complete family of spouses and all children

Source: The document, record, publication, or person used to prove or establish a fact.

Newbie: A newcomer or beginner in genealogy

Mailing List: A discussion group with similar interests. Subscribers join and participate in discussion on a defined topic. Distributed through e-mail

Website: A collection of pages put online by a webmaster or organization. Can be viewd in a browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox
 

 
 

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