This is one of those thoughts I’m just throwing out for people to think about: does […]
The goal of citation is twofold: for you or someone else to be able to find […]
It’s been out for a while, but I have finally ordered my copy of Val Greenwood’s The […]
FamilyTreeDNA Already Held Content: This presentation will discuss the basics of the “Family Finder” on the […]
The case packet makes no specific mention of the disposition of the case of Christopher and […]
The casefile for Christopher Troutfetter etal. versus Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Company arrived electronically […]
Now I’m up to twelve circles at AncestryDNA, Two circles are new and the numbers for one […]
The El Paso County Court Case from 1898 arrived from the Colorado State Archives. It took […]
The recent birth of a cousin resulted in a new great-grandchild for one set of my […]
According to the “Historical Record Index View” at the Colorado State Archives website, a man named Christopher Troutfetter […]
I came across this image the other day and it got me to thinking: should one […]
I used the Free Autosomal Data Transfer at Family Tree DNA to upload my raw DNA test results […]
According to the “Historical Record Index View” at the Colorado State Archives website, a man named Christopher Troutfetter […]
Indexes are not the same thing as records. Indexes are finding aids. One may be tempted […]
The fifty-two year old man born in Iowa in about 1808 was a clue something might […]
When viewing digital images of microfilm, make certain you are seeing everything–not just what you’ve zoomed […]
I will be honest: I use the online trees for clues and leads when I’m stuck […]
GedMatch.com Webinar 2 This presentation focuses on an overview of the Tier 1 search options of […]
I never did a blog post about it, but for the last few months I was […]
X-DNA (in the 23rd pair) is inherited from mother to child and from father to daughter. […]
Joseph Neill’s accidental train death in 1906 took place in the middle of the day as […]
Ancestry.com recently indicated that their database “U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947” has been updated. […]
When AncestryDNA had their latest special, I ordered one more test. This one is for my father-in-law. As […]
Illinois assessors had to sign an oath before they could begin their duties. This image was […]
The majority of the time I have a reasonable idea how a relative met their spouse. […]
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