Month: March 2016

It Helps When One Reads and Thinks

Some would say that admitting mistakes is a mistake, but I’m inclined to disagree particularly because I realized my error in time to catch myself. Thomas McGough and Patrick Dempsey sold land to John DeMoss on 17 October 1803. This document was recorded in Harford County Maryland, Deed Book HD R, p. 0172 (obtained digitally on […]

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Genealogical Problem-Solving Webinar

I just completed my “Genealogical Problem-Solving” webinar today. It is geared toward advanced beginners and intermediate level genealogists. In it, we discuss a problem-solving techniques and approaches that may be helpful when a person is “stuck.”  Also discussed is a generalized problem-solving process. Our presentation is relaxed and informal–but there’s no 15 minutes of advertising […]

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Organizing Online Searches Webinar

It is easy to go in circles searching for information from genealogical databases. That’s why the most effective searches are ones that are organized and structured. This allows the researcher to not overlook possible search options and see how to troubleshoot when the desired individuals are not located. In this hour-long presentation, see practical and […]

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Ancestry Trees Allow Marriage Dates Before an Approximate Date of Birth

Warning flags are one way Ancestry.com tries to help users reduce the number of errors their files. Apparently the parameters are not set too closely when the date of birth is approximate. I was able to enter a 1780 marriage for an individual born about 1845 without any warning flags or error prompts appearing. When […]

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Holding Off Before I Write that 1847 Love Boat Story

Obtaining the names of the parents of Barbara (Siefert) Bieger Fennan Haase Haase caused me to make a renewed effort to locate her on a passenger manifest. The hope was that I might find an entry for a Barbara Siefert with her parents Frederick and Maria Barbara Siefert. So far no success. However a complete […]

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