Research the Source
Do not stop at the index, go to the source. Research in the source, read it page by page. See how the book, journal, card file, however it was kept, and then, read about the source, why was this...
Read more
Would Little Orphan Annie’s Records Be Saved?
University of Cincinnati Libraries Digitized Historical Records Thank goodness some orphanage and orphan asylum records have been saved and preserved and thank the University of Cincinnati for the accessiblity of those from the Cincinnati House of Refuge. The Little...
Read more
Research or Retrieve
Heritage Quest, Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org and various newspaper websites have made family history research rewarding so instantaneously, it has devolved into genealogical retrieval instead of research. The Soothsayer in Julius Caeser said “Beware the Ides of March.” For genealogists, it...
Read moreThe Cool Table at Lunch
Births, Marriages and Deaths are the Dates We Want. This week my niece and nephew-in-law joined the best club of all. They became parents. They can now sit at the cool table in the middle school lunch room, forever. Wow,...
Read more
Two Different Wedding Dates
WEDDING DATE vs. APPLICATION DATE A common conflicting date issue is when the wedding date found differs from another researcher’s date by a day or two. Upon investigation the two dates are for different events surrounding and including the...
Read moreGenealogical Date Issues
Mistakes, Errors and Doubles Exist – Conflicts Abound TRANSCRIPTION DATE CONFLICT Genealogically, the most common conflicting date issue is transcribing March 4th to March 4, 1814 to 3/4/14 back to March 4th, 1814, then 4 March 1814, then...
Read more
Two Men, Same Name, Same Age, Same Place, What Are the Odds?
Curiously, the odds are pretty good that there will be people of the same name in the same place at the same time. Think of all the little girls named Ashley, Brittany or Jessica born in the 1980s. Names...
Read moreMore Bible Records
Samuel E. Hall and his wife Belvedora Hall had Daniel Fox draw some folk art in the front of their marital Bible in addition to filling out in a beautiful hand, the beginning of their Family Record. In 1880...
Read more
Research the Neighbors
Use the Neighbors to Find a Missing Family in the Census. If you are going to search a census year for a specific place and time, what matters is the readability of the images, the handwriting is the same...
Read more
Analyzing Bible Records
Bible records can resolve so many questions if the entries were kept contemporaneously with the events they chronicle. Transcriptions and digitizations need to include title pages, family pages, pages of insertions, copies of the insertations and photographs of the...
Read more