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Misleading Genealogy Advice for Beginners
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 [...]
DNA Genealogy Tests – Are They Overrated?
The first time I watched a T.V. show where DNA was used to connect a suspect to a crime scene, I thought, “Hey! This is better than fingerprints.” And it was. It wasn’t long before I saw DNA used on talk shows to prove that men who didn’t want to be the father of a [...]
What’s the Big Deal about Genealogy?
When I was a child, my grandparents would show old pictures to my parents and say, “This is your great aunt so-and-so,” and then proceed to tell a story about her. Sometimes, they would even make trips to old cemeteries and point out all the family members buried there. To me, all of this was [...]
Another Way to Use the Internet for Family Tree Research
Everybody knows the power of the Internet when it comes to hunting for your ancestors. You can perform searches and read online tutorials and articles that break it all down and explain exactly what you need to do. But one of the cardinal rules of genealogy is to avoid duplicating the research that someone else [...]
A Genealogy of Outsiders
Getting involved in family tree research can keep you so absorbed and focused that it’s like you’re in a fog. You become so engrossed in your own family, that everyone else scarcely enters your awareness. However, sometimes you are jolted out of your single-minded trance. Sometimes, you run into a blind alley—a dead end in [...]
How to Use Pictures in Your Family Tree Research
In the process of researching your family tree, you’re going to come across pictures. They can turn up in an old family album, a newspaper clipping, or even a family history book. You already know what to do with written documentation you’ve uncovered, but what do you do with pictures? Lot’s of them are going [...]
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