Michael John Neill's Genealogy Website
This is a somewhat personal post, so if you’re looking for our typical content, consider skipping along to the next post. If you’ve never written such personal items yourself, consider doing so. Your descendants may thank you. —————- When my mother was on her deathbed for about the last week of her life, we had what […]
Allowing users to make corrections to index entries at Ancestry.com is a nice feature, but it’s frustrating that infromation not on the record can be added or that users can suggest “corrections” that are more specific than what is in the original record itself. A member of my “Genealogy Tip of the Day” group on Facebook noticed this […]
This is more of a pet peeve than anything else. If you’re looking for serious genealogical content, move to the next post. I don’t understand “having a favorite ancestor.” The concept of favorite does not make any sense to me. I don’t have a favorite ancestor any more than I have a favorite child. I do […]
It’s more important than ever before to think about how to make “your stuff survive you.” Preserving Past You on 13 December 2015-Saturday–2 PM Central Time. In this session, we’ll see ways to preserve your genealogical legacy beyond your own lifetime. We will look at a variety of options, large and small, digital and non-digital, simple […]
I’ll start with a comment that I posted to my personal Facebook wall in response to the Ancestry.com anncouncement regarding the FamilyTreeMaker software program: Ok people. Let’s get real. It’s not like Ancestry.com destroyed an entire census or anything. It’s software. It will work after they stop selling it. You have not been abandoned and left alone in […]
This has been published before, but I’m reposting as it is just as timely as ever. —————————————————————— It’s 1968. Two genealogists are madly obtaining and compiling family history information. Ken is converting all his data to punch cards. “State-of-the-art” he says. Locals at the genealogical society brag about how “modern” Ken is. He’s been asked […]
Another website puts up free images of books that have been on GoogleBooks, Hathitrust, Archives.org, and other sites for some time. I’m past the point of getting excited. I’m also past the point of getting in a tither because another press release has been sent out extolling how this site is better. New indexes to […]
There’s a reason why this blog has no sponsor: I don’t want to be “holden” to no one. While I do have affiliate links to a variety of products (Ancestry.com, GenealogyBank, Amazon.com, Fold3.com etc.), I am under no obligation to mention their products. If readers click on those links and buy products, fine–I make a little […]
The FBI Case Files on Fold3.com are not just about “un-American” activity during World War I. They are about a lot more than that and include references to a variety of illegal (or potentially illegal) activities during the World War era. This is not just a database for those with German immigrants to the United […]
