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In this Aug. 30, 2017 photo, Kankakee Valley Genealogical Society member Nelda Ravens, left, examine the fine print on a photograph.as Marcia Stang, the society's president, estimates the photo to be from the early 1900's during the organization's weekly meeting. Founded in 1968, Kankakee Valley Genealogical Society society pre-dates genealogy giant ancestry.com, a website which has more than 2.6 million paying users. Instead, these history detectives work the old-fashioned way, combing through church records, obituaries, graveyards and more to put the missing pieces of the past back together. The search never ends. (Tiffany Blanchette/The Daily Journal via AP)
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