Today I was double checking my entry in my Ancestry Public Member Tree for Edward Whimpey, and noticed that I still hadn’t added a source to the burial information I had for him. Before the images of the Somerset parish registers became available on Ancestry, I had been using the indexes on the FreeReg website,… Continue reading The advantages and disadvantages of indexes
Category: Researching your family history
Using multiple sources to confirm information
I was recently researching my great grandmother, Henrietta Louisa Russell’s brother, Edward Fitzgerald Russell. I had a copy of his death certificate, which showed that he died at 62 Stirling Street Footscray, and the death certificate listed this as his residence. Then I came across an entry in the Victoria, Australia, Wills and Probate Records,… Continue reading Using multiple sources to confirm information
The limitations of OCR
In working in the Australia Electoral rolls collection on Ancestry, I have come across numerous examples of instances when the OCR has not done a very good job. Some names come out as gobblygook, while other names are missed completely. The following is a list of the years available on Ancestry for Victoria. Those marked… Continue reading The limitations of OCR
My process for searching Ancestry
As part of my research process, I use the Search button on a person’s profile to search for records. Since I want to download the records to my computer, I prefer not to use the hints, or at least not to begin with. If I use the hints, I have to attach the record to… Continue reading My process for searching Ancestry
My Research Process
Yesterday, I wrote about my genealogy do-over progress. As a follow up, I have outlined my current process as part of my genealogy do-over. Step 1 Go through my index of my old research, and add these documents to my database, and also add the sources to the relevant events in the Ancestry tree. I… Continue reading My Research Process
My genealogy do-over progress
For the last year or so, I have been trying to work out the best way to keep my desktop family tree and my Ancestry Public Member tree synchronised. After trying to do this a number of different ways, my conclusion has been that there is no easy way to do this. I played around… Continue reading My genealogy do-over progress
Finding Burial Locations
After watching the Legacy Family Tree webinar Six Feet Under Down Under, presented by Jill Ball (who has the blog Geniaus), I have decided to share some examples of how I would go about trying to find a burial location. To do this, I started off by running a search in Legacy For my examples,… Continue reading Finding Burial Locations
How I use suggested records on Ancestry
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
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
