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Misleading Genealogy Advice for Beginners

Published on April 2, 2011 By ezekias

Confusion. Busywork. Chasing your tail. Scattering your focus. Too many choices. Frustration. Loss of patience. These are things that continually plague new family tree researchers, and it’s not altogether their fault. The blame lies with the do-it-yourself instructions being handed out (or sold) by pseudo-experts, and sometimes by real experts. It’s not so much that [...]

Family Trees Grow Upside Down

Published on September 17, 2010 By ezekias

If you look at an oak tree, it’s obvious that the oldest part of the tree is at the bottom, and the newest is the smallest branches at the top. In fact, maples, sycamores and every other kind of tree grows that way—except one. Your family tree grows in the exact opposite direction, from the [...]

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