When I started my genealogy research in the 1980’s, I did a lot of letter writing to courthouses and distant cousins to find the information I needed. My, how times have changed. Continue reading “Preserving Our Genealogical Research in an Ever-Changing World”
The Price We Pay For Sloppy Record Keeping
Elsewhere on the site, we’ve discussed relying on well-sourced genealogy records in your family tree hunt. Because we want reliable sources, it’s even more important to make sure our own sources are well documented. This article discusses what I’ve learned about documentation and offers some helpful tips based on my own experiences. Continue reading “The Price We Pay For Sloppy Record Keeping”
Some Helpful Tips For Organizing Your Genealogy
Elsewhere on the site, we’ve discussed some good things to think about, as you get ready to organize your family tree research. Once you’re ready to start, these tips will help you get going. Continue reading “Some Helpful Tips For Organizing Your Genealogy”
Four Questions to Ask Yourself When Organizing Your Genealogy
It’s exciting to discover your ancestors and see their names on documents like census records for the first time. With each new census and each new generation you find, you accumulate more and more papers that you copy or print, Bible records that a distant cousin has sent you, letters that your grandmother had from her cousin with all the latest family news in 1915 and more. How are you supposed to keep track of it all? Continue reading “Four Questions to Ask Yourself When Organizing Your Genealogy”