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Posts about Mightier Acorns, but not necessarily about ancestors or research.
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The first of two artifacts that came to my possession, recently. This 60-minute tape has a lot of memories from my great-grandmother, Merle (Huff) Witter.
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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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Let’s see what this WordPress jalopy can do! As promised, I’m back from a brief summer hiatus. Kate and I took a road trip to Baltimore to visit the kids, and grab some pie at Perkins, and now we’re ready to settle back into our regularly scheduled programming. I haven’t exactly been idle on the…
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Almost! We’re a couple of days away from the official re-launch of Mightier Acorns here at our new WordPress home! If you haven’t already clicked it, look for the big Subscribe button – and that’s all you’ll have to do to follow the new feed! So buckle in, and enjoy the ride… While you’re waiting,…
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It won’t be long now, and I’ll start posting new content here on WordPress. I’ve already got several posts lined up: So pack up your troubles in your old kit bag, and join me here at the new place!
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ICYMI, FamilyTreeDNA and @wikitree.bsky.social have teamed up – I’m sure I won’t be able to shut up about it for the next few months. Enjoy!
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“Hello, world,” is so 2003… Welcome to the third incarnation of “Mightier Acorns.” My name is Tad Callin, and I started blogging in 2003. In 2007, I started a genealogy blog just for a specific group of cousins called “Mighty Acorns” (more about that on the About page), and in 2009, I started an open-to-anyone…
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How our origin story shapes our future A couple of weeks ago, David Shaw of Serengenity made a salient comment (emphasis added) on my post about great-great uncle George’s 1911 Callin Family History: In that time period Genealogy was quite a fad, consequently many are badly written and poorly sourced. Their resources at the time…
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