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by Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens, CG, CGL

2008

Designer Crafted Big Role in History
Published in the Plymouth Observer, 7 February 2008

2007

Irish Records: Focusing Your Research
Published in the April-June 2007 issue of British Connections, the Journal of the International Society of British Genealogy and Family History

2006

On the Record--Collecting Oral Histories
Published in the January/February 2006 issue of Ancestry

2005

Secure the Shadow...'Ere the Substance Fades
Published in the September/October 2005 issue of Ancestry

Manuscripts Illuminate Family Histories
Published in the March/April 2005 issue of Ancestry

2004

Getting to Know Your Ancestors Using Artifacts
Published in the Winter 2004 issue of Heritage Quest Magazine

Finding the Irish Origins of Charles Doherty 
Published in the September 2004 issue of the NGS Quarterly

Why Isn't It on the Internet?
Published in the September/October 2004  issue of Ancestry

What if Your Ancestor Lied?
Published in the May/June 2004  issue of Ancestry

2003

Research in the Great Lakes States
Published in the November/December 2003 issue of Ancestry

House Histories
Published in the October 2003 issue of Heritage Quest Magazine

Wildcat Bleachers
Published in the May/June 2003 issue of Ancestry

Shipwrecks on the Great Lakes
Published in the January/February 2003 issue of Ancestry  

2002

Go West, Young Man! Discovering Your Frontier Ancestors
Published in the January/February 2002 issue of Ancestry

2001

Safeguarding Your Legacy
Published in the September/October 2001 issue of Ancestry

2000

What's In a Name?
Published in the September/October 2000 issue of Ancestry

Lasting Images: Protecting Your Photographic Heritage
Published in the May/June 2000 issue of Ancestry

Disguised Patriots: Women Who Served Incognito
Published in the March/April 2000 issue of Ancestry
For this article, I was awarded 1st place in the Feature Articles category in the 2001 International Society of Family History Writers & Editors Excellence in Writing Competition.

1999

A Penny for Your Thoughts
Published in the November/December 1999 issue of Ancestry

Funeral Cards
Published in the September/October 1999 issue of Ancestry

Victorian Death Rituals
Published in the September/October 1999 issue of Ancestry

Fact or Blarney
Published in the March/April 1999 issue of Ancestry 

Old Letters Unravel a Mystery
Published in the January/February 1999 issue of Ancestry
For this article, I was awarded 3d place in the Magazine Journal and Periodical Articles category in the 2000 Council of Genealogical Columnists Excellence in Writing Competition.

1995

Tracking a Soldier Day by Day 
Published in the December 1995 issue of NGS Quarterly

GC Extra Archive
Weekly Column on Ancestry.com

Get It Together Archive
Weekly Organizing Column

 


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