Category: Genealogy Concepts
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A look at FamilySearch.org as part of your online family history eco-system. Part of the “Harmonizing Across Multiple Platforms” series.
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A look at Find-A-Grave as part of your online family history eco-system. Part of the Harmonizing Across Multiple Platforms series.
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I’m going to tell you some tips for making online tools work for you, but first, some insights about making YOU work better for you!
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My Strategy in a (coco)nutshell When we talk about our “family tree,” we tend to focus on “lines” – which leads us to an over-simplification of what our “tree” looks like. For the sake of understanding who we’re talking about, we will skip over several generations to get to a particular family, and we can…
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That means all three things you think it means Recently, I responded to a question posted by the WikiTree folks on their Mastodon feed: If you spend any time interacting with me, you will come to realize that “Critical Thinking” is my answer to almost any question. But not everyone understands what the term “Critical…
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Looking for the father of Abraham Witter (1786 – 1882) A few weeks ago, I published Family Reunion: Witter, which prompted a conversation about Abraham Witter (1786-1882) with my dad’s first cousin, Pat Witter. Pat had sources connecting Abraham to the family of Joseph Witter and Hannah Washburn; however, those sources proved that a different…
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