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Posts about Mightier Acorns, but not necessarily about ancestors or research.
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Some relatives are so infamous within a family, that their story is unignorable. And yet, because they were unforgivable, you can’t ask about the details.
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I couldn’t possibly explore everything there is to know about WikiTree, but here’s the briefest introduction to it that I know how to make!
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If you have an image in your head of the Midwest grandmother, she probably looks a lot like Grandma June.
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The family of George and Polly Callin largely remained in Huron County, OH, when much of the family moved away from Milton Township. Their legacy was inspiring.
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A challenging part of the tree: writing about people I didn’t know, but who living people DID know. Doing the job properly without being annoying – that’s the challenge!
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Finding evidence is never a straightforward process; here’s an examination of a source that holds as many questions as answers.
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More sentiment than research this week – but that just goes to show how much harder it is to document feelings about someone.
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It’s one thing to read about a method; it’s another thing to plan it out and put it into practice. But here is how I hope to close in on my Revolutionary War ancestor!
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What we know is not always the truth, but what we remember can be, if we are careful about the way we tell the story. Minds and memories are tricky things.

