Helping Others Make Family History Connections
To start at the beginning of this blog series, please start with the first post Genealogy Source Citations Simplified. In last week’s blog post, I covered the importance of creating a master citation template as a basis for all record-type templates. This process ensures that: 1) Your citations will be consistent 2) Creating each unique …
Continue reading “Master Citation Template Part 1: Source Information “
Do you feel dread when you hear the mention of genealogy source citations? Does crafting solid genealogy reference notes overwhelm you? If so, join me on my blog journey to simplify and clarify the process of crafting clear and consistent source citations. As a professional genealogist, crafting proper source citations (also called full reference notes) …
Why search for an obituary? The three major reasons to search for an obituary are first, to further our research, second, to find details about our ancestors, and third, to find living cousins. Learn how to search for an obituary in this blog series to further your research. Search for an obituary for a specific …
RootsTech 2020, in Salt Lake City, Utah was an amazing success with RootsTech marking its 10th anniversary! I attended so many amazing classes. Some of my favorites were: My Ancestor Was a Farmer–Telling Their Stories by Joshua Taylor Search Angel Secrets by McKell Keeney (Using DNA to find adoptee families) “Novelize” Your Family History Story …
Are you wanting to learn how to find an obituary for an ancestor in your family tree to add interesting details to their life story? Or is finding an obituary the key to piecing together the children of a research couple? Or do you want to find an obituary to connect with the living descendants …
My niece Tayler, a professional photographer, took these beautiful pictures of our family heirlooms. We had so much fun setting up the shots. For some shots, we mixed some of my own old items with the heirloom items in my possession. Unfortunately, my memories of who owned a few of these heirlooms have faded. I …
As promised to the ICAPGen Study Group, here are the slides from my presentation for our study group last week. It appears that you will need to download them to view them. Correlating Evidence for Level 1 Projects
RootsTech 2018 was a great success! Over 14,000 genealogy enthusiasts attended this year’s conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, with hundreds of exhibitors marketing their innovative products and services in the Expo Hall. Products and services ranged from genealogical society memberships, to pedigree charts, DNA testing, genealogy software and photo storage, to name a few. …
I have been doing family history research for 16 years. My paternal roots come from Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia and I love the research challenges the southern states pose. I hold the Accredited Genealogist credential through the International Commission of the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists internationally known as ICAPGen℠. My specialty is in the Mid-South …