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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 [...]
The Dilemma of the Ancestress
Ancestress is a good word. It indicates the female gender by itself, instead of adding the word, “female” to the word, “ancestor.” What’s so special about that? The patriarchal nature of our society’s history has subjected the legal and social status of women to the control of men. Take surnames, for instance. A female is [...]
The Single Best Source of Information About an Ancestor
It’s the first place you should look when you begin researching your family history. Unless your relative is a celebrity, it’s probably the most convenient biographical summary you are likely to find about his or her life. It contains innumerable bits of information, along with names and locations of the person’s immediate relatives. What is [...]
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