Category: Genealogy Tools
Tools of the trade, ranging from software or websites to critical thinking and research technniques.
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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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I found My Sixteen, and Her Sixteen – now what about Their Sixteens? I’ve written at length about how helpful it was to focus on finding my Sixteen great-great-grandparents when I was starting out. But now I’m a seasoned (pronounced: “old”) amateur researcher with both My Sixteen and my wife’s Sixteen documented in 32 WikiTree…
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Tips and Tricks for stirring up clues Even if you’re new to genealogy, you have probably already run across somebody posting a warning not to trust information from various common sources: And yet, people who are just starting on their family history journey are also bombarded with advice to look for clues in all of…
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There’s a whole mess of kin I tell my fellow researchers that I use this Substack newsletter as a family history tool, but what does that mean? Spotting the Gaps The main function of the newsletter is to share stories about my research. I don’t use Substack to search records or manage the tree, but…
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Who are we really doing this for? By this point in any New Year, you may have had your fill of annual retrospectives, best-of lists, motivational etudes, and resolutions. (If you haven’t, here are some good resources at Projectkin and Mission:Genealogy to help launch your New Year.) But if you’re like me, feeling leery of…
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The right tool for the right job When I was putting together the Callin Family History, I spent about seven years doing research to augment the work I had inherited from George W. Callin, my 2nd-great uncle. Along the way, I submitted dozens of photo requests to Find-a-Grave. By the time the CFH was ready…
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What does social media do for you or your research? This post was intended to be a “here are some social media platforms I’m on and some of the people/groups I follow” post, but I felt like some explanations were needed, and it kind of ballooned into … this. If you already know or don’t…
Mightier Acorns 