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Rainey Mitchell (L.E.E)'s avatar

Have you ever used Internet Archive? I found old books from the .1890s about Elk County. Even though they do not contain my ancestors names it provides a window into the time they lived. This area was vastly different then and it allows me to try to see things from their perspective,

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Savanna King's avatar

Love this! I tell people this all the time. Lots of people don't even think to "just Google" people rather than searching for them on just Ancestry or FS and end up missing all kinds of interesting stuff!

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