It was time. As I set out to declutter and organize my home office, little did I know that such a routine task would lead to a wonderful new database to explore. In genealogy, we are looking for records that provide more names, dates, and connections to our ancestors. In this blog post, I’ll shareContinue reading “How Cleaning My Office Led To New Genealogy Research”
Category Archives: Research Tips
Why It’s Important To Prove Parentage
One of the most fundamental things we can do as genealogists is to prove parentage. It’s important we correctly link the generations before moving up the family tree. If we don’t, we may be tracing someone else’s family instead of our own. Depending on the time and place, proving parents can be easy or challenging.Continue reading “Why It’s Important To Prove Parentage”
3 Reasons To Include DNA In Your Genealogy Research
When most people take a DNA test from Ancestry, 23andMe, or any other testing company, they often just want to know their “ethnicity” results and nothing else. But there is so much more to discover. With that in mind, I am bolstering my DNA education in the next 6 months. I joined Diahan Southard’s DNAContinue reading “3 Reasons To Include DNA In Your Genealogy Research”