Category: Genealogy Concepts
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All of those old local histories and genealogies out there are interesting, but what do you do with them once you find them?
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Like you, I’m heading into a busy holiday season and thinking “What next?” I’m pretending this post is advice for you, but it’s really just me, talking myself into a sort of plan. I hope you get some benefit from that!
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A simple system upgrade leads to a meditation on technological disruption, and consideration of ancestors who farmed, invented, and “improved” their way to our modern world.
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Learning about the beliefs of previous generations is never as easy as we want to think it is – and sometimes your ancestors’ beliefs are critical to understanding them.
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We learned some tragic details in The Ballad of Mrs. Steele, but there are hints of other tragedies in her parents stories. Today we look at her mother’s life and the people in it, hoping to figure out some answers.
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The brain is an amazing instrument, capable of making great advancements, but also of making persistent stories. Understand how we think and why we tell stories can help us do a better job of learning new things and sharing that new knowledge. But sometimes, we still meet resistance…
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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…
Mightier Acorns 