Category: Genealogy Tools
Tools of the trade, ranging from software or websites to critical thinking and research technniques.
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“What’s an ‘Ahnentafel’?” you ask – read this introductory post for my explanation. Hildur Leander was the second of six children born to Gustaf Hugo Waldemar Leander and Ingeborg Olesdatter (or Swedahl) in Brooklyn, New York. Her father, Gust, had immigrated from Sweden in 1882, when he was 18. Ingeborg’s family was from Norway, and…
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Major behind-the-scenes effort this month. I still have a lot to do to get this One Name Study rolling!
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Behind the scenes is no way to work – so here’s the first of (I hope) many updates on my #OneNameStudy progress.
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Progress is rarely linear.
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I’ve been hesitant to dive as deeply into this tool as I have with some of the others. Perhaps your mileage will vary?
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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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Pausing my Ancestry membership reminded me that my investment of time and money there doesn’t translate well to a tangible thing that others can use.
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The tools we have for tracking what we know (or think we know) about our ancestors can be great – but when we don’t have information that can be fully supported with evidence, adding a new hypothetical relationship can be tricky. I may have a lead on a newly identified sister for my Witter family,…
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Another case of chasing the records for a family that turns out not to be who I was looking for. But this time, I am left with a tiny sliver of progress, too!
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Sometimes the story is as much about the process as it is about the people. And a good soundtrack, too.
Mightier Acorns 