Month: July 2016

Should You Leave the Leaves Alone?

I’m not a fan of the leaves on Ancestry.com. Personally I think the leaves make genealogically sound research more difficult than it already is. Your opinion may differ. There are two problems I have with the leaves: they make problem-solving difficult some things located manually aren’t located leafwise Difficult to effectively problem-solve Sound genealogy methodology (to […]

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Webinar Sales Back for 4 July Weekend

We’ve turned our webinar sales back on for the July 4th weekend (through 5 July actually). Check out out our offerings page for: over forty presentations reasonably priced focused on content–not on selling you something else practical and down-to-earth And all based on Michael’s thirty plus years of genealogy research experience.

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What I Wish I had Known

This article ran in the former Ancestry.com Daily News on 14 December 2015. Much of my early genealogy research was done by trial and error. This week’s column takes a look at some things I wish I had known when I started research. Things always look obvious in hindsight and it is easier to see the […]

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Great-Grandma’s Passed and So Has Time

Genealogical records are not analyzed in isolation. The provenance of the document, condition of the document, probable informant, and perceived reliability are four key components to analyzing information any record contains. Tombstones should be no different. One key factor in analyzing information in a tombstone is the perception of how long after the death the […]

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