Michael John Neill wrote on his Rootdig blog the post A Suggestion About Suggested Records at Ancestry.com. He wrote about the difficulty in navigating through the suggested records, since there is not enough detail to know which ones you have looked at. I also have come across an added difficulty. If you go into one… Continue reading How I use suggested records on Ancestry
Category: Researching your family history
How I Search on Ancestry
Randy Seaver on his Genea-musings blog wrote the post back on 2 May 2018 “Dear Randy: How Do You Search For Records on Ancestry.com?” Since my subscription to Ancestry had just expired, I decided to wait until I had renewed my subscription before doing a post about how I go about searching on Ancestry. Hints… Continue reading How I Search on Ancestry
My Genealogy Do-over
A while ago, I wrote some posts about Getting organized with Microsoft Access, Getting Organised with Microsoft Access an Update, and Getting organized for my genealogy do-over. Three months later, I haven’t made much progress. In my previous attempt, I had just been working with the image files, but I knew I had some information… Continue reading My Genealogy Do-over
Why I prefer to search for records, and update my tree, manually
In my post, Getting organized for my genealogy do-over, I had incorporated using hints to find records, and for attaching hints to my Ancestry tree. After doing this for my 2 grandfathers, I determined that the best way to find all the records for them was to search manually. There were no hints for my… Continue reading Why I prefer to search for records, and update my tree, manually
Whether to include online family trees in a “reasonably exhaustive search”
Michael John Neill on his RootDig Tip of the Day blog posed the question as to whether online family trees should be part of a reasonably exhaustive search, in his post A Few Random Thoughts on Trees Being a “Required” Part of a Search. My answer would be, it depends. As an example, my husband… Continue reading Whether to include online family trees in a “reasonably exhaustive search”
Where to focus your research
Anna Matthews in her post Saturday Night Afternoon Fun – Ancestor score (on her Tripping over my roots blog) asked the question: “I enjoy learning as much as I can about my relatives, which includes their siblings, family groups and even their friends. But if my goal is to learn who my direct ancestors are,… Continue reading Where to focus your research
Researching family history
1. National Archives bookshop. This bookshop offers books providing information to help with family history research. These books cover a range of topics, from beginning your family history research, to more specific topics. For example, in FindMyPast's 100in100 they had added a number of records collections for the PALS battalions - the National Archives bookshop also… Continue reading Researching family history
