I’m taking my own advice. In a previous blog post, I discussed the process of revisiting notes and syllabi from past institute courses and webinars and applying those concepts to my genealogy research. All these courses form part of my genealogy education plan aimed at improving my skills. In this blog post, you will learnContinue reading “8 Ways To Improve Your Skills For Better Genealogy Research”
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”
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”
