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Ancestry Magazine Sept Oct 2004

Ancestry Magazine Sept Oct 2004 Summary (AI-generated with Claude from the OCR text): This issue of Ancestry Magazine (published by MyFamily.com, Inc.) offers practical guidance for family historians. The lead feature, by Maureen A. Taylor, looks at snapshots taken by children and by photographers of children. It traces the history of children and photography from handmade pinhole cameras and the 1888 Kodak to the 1900 Brownie, and suggests ways to find and interpret childhood photographs and to interview relatives about them. George G. Morgan gives ten tips for becoming an effective library patron. They cover advance preparation, online catalogs, the Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress classification systems, uncatalogued materials, interlibrary loan, and working with library staff. Kendall Hulet explains Ancestry.com's new relevance-ranked "best matches" search, with worked examples and advice on when to use exact-match searching. Regional and record-focused articles include Dwight A. Radford's guide to research in the Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas), with repositories, record types and historical background. Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens asks "Why Isn't It on t

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