Many records are accessible online, but it may surprise you to learn that not all record collections are represented in the hints feature of your favorite database. Ancestry loves to advertise their “shaky leaves,” and why not? It’s fun and it points you in the direction of the most used records containing basic information (thinkContinue reading “Love At First Sight: The Ancestry Catalog”
Author Archives: Gray Stabley
3 Effective Ways To Reboot Your Genealogy Research
We all start as “baby genealogists.” We don’t know what we don’t know, right? But as you gather steam in your education and experience, you sometimes have to go back into your genealogy research. Go back to the beginning and redo some of your earlier work to make it better. Or perhaps you’ve been awayContinue reading “3 Effective Ways To Reboot Your Genealogy Research”
Case Studies: A Powerful Way To Learn Genealogy
Genealogy is more than just tracing family trees; it’s about telling the stories of our ancestors. As a genealogy blogger with a passion for education, you have a powerful tool at your disposal, case studies. In this blog post, I’ll show you the significance of using case studies in your genealogy education. There are manyContinue reading “Case Studies: A Powerful Way To Learn Genealogy”