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
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”
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
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
