<div dir="ltr"><div>Today:</div><div><br></div><div>*Genealogy Misconceptions</div><div>*Full-Text and Catalog Webinars</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------</div><div>Genealogy Misconceptions</div><div>------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">Note: This originally ran in the former </strong></em><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">Ancestry Daily News</strong><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%"> on 29 February 2000.</strong></em></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><span class="gmail-body" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">This is a semi-serious look at some misconceptions that genealogists (and non-genealogists) have about family history.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">1) We all have a famous ancestor, somewhere.</b> I have found the names of over three hundred of my ancestors and have yet to have any of them qualify as \u201cfamous.\u201d In some cases, you may want to reconsider being related to someone famous. Hard-working, law-abiding relatives are nothing to be ashamed of. Try and document your ancestors accurately, whether they were famous or not.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">2) There are no \u201cearly\u201d babies or shady stories in my family tree.</b> Trace your ancestry completely for six generations and then we will talk.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">3) There were three brothers with the last name of [Takeyourpick] who came to America. We descend from the youngest (oldest, middle, tallest, smartest, etc.).</b> If this is true, then the number of families who had three sons is beyond statistical expectations. Check it out.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">4) Immmigrants were all poor.</b> There\u2019s no doubt that the vast majority of them were and came to America with only the clothes on their backs. Once in a while though, you\u2019ll find one who had a little bit of money and came to America hoping to make more.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">5) Life before 1900 was one of bucolic pastoral bliss, dotted by barn raisings and church socials.</b> Life before 1900 was hard. No running water, no electricity, no law (in some areas), rudimentary medical care (if any), child labor, and few of life\u2019s creature comforts. This only scratches the surface. I\u2019m not even so certain life was \u201csimple.\u201d If I want a loaf of bread, I go to the store. Great-great-grandma likely did not.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">6) Everyone likes to hear the tales of \u201cnotorious\u201d ancestors.</b> Not everyone will think the story of great-great-great-grandma\u2019s four husbands, two divorces, involvement in a murder, and the running of a tavern should be included in the family history.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">7) Census ages are always correct.</b> You must be kidding.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">8) Official records should not contain errors.</b> They do. The best way to deal with it is to try and research around it where possible.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">9) Genealogists are all retired.</b> Not so. There are genealogists out there who have yet to hit forty or retirement. If you see one who has yet to hit puberty, tell them to interview their grandparents now. Most of all encourage them, gently.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">10) Genealogy is not an intellectual hobby.</b> Ever tried to read through (and understand) sixty pages of court records from the 1840s? I\u2019ve taken calculus exams that made more sense. Same thing goes for platting property in metes and bounds. Talk about applied mathematics.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">11) My family has a castle in Europe.</b> Some did, but don\u2019t believe it until you see it. Don\u2019t really believe it until you see the deed, title, etc.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">12) My ancestor served with Washington, Lee, Grant, etc.</b> Choose your war . . . take your pick. There are lots of these stories. Check them out before believing them. Document your ancestor\u2019s service, accurately.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">13) I got it on the Internet, therefore it must be true.</b> Nope.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">14) I got it on the Internet, therefore it must be false.</b> Nope.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">15) I can do my genealogy entirely via the Internet.</b> Nope.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">16) I can do my genealogy without the Internet.</b> Possibly, but it really saves time.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">17) The records in State Y are closing because it was posted to the genealogy mailing list for that state.</b> Check out rumors before you spread them. Think before you forward or copy and paste this type of information to other people or lists.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">18) I can do all my research using only vital records, obituaries, and census records.</b>Goodness! There\u2019s a vast treasure trove of other sources out there that you can utilize.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">19) My surname has always been spelled the same way; we never changed it.</b> Maybe, but then again, maybe not.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">20) Everyone replies to e-mail immediately.</b> Some genealogists have non-genealogy commitments, such as family and employment. Be patient and wait a few days before posting a follow-up e-mail.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">21) I can trace my ancestry in one afternoon at the computer.</b> Time for a reality check.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">22) I can trace my ancestors in one afternoon at the Family History Center.</b> (see number 21)</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">23) Someone has already traced my entire family tree. I Just Have to Find It.</b> That\u2019s the tricky part\u2014finding it! Then comes the fun of documenting it.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">24) Documentation is only for genealogical geeks who get cheap thrills by asking, \u201cWhere did you find it?\u201d</b> How will you ever compare three different birth dates for Grandpa if you don\u2019t know where you obtained each date?</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">25) Genealogists are nuts.</b> More likely they are truly focused on their research. However, one correspondent told me that working on genealogy \u201cbeats spending all my free time at a bar.\u201d</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">26) Genealogists are rude at the courthouse or library.</b> Genealogists are people and a few are rude. Just make certain it\u2019s not you. No family historian wants to walk into the courthouse just after the most obnoxious genealogist on the planet has left the building.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">27) Genealogy is boring.</b> You must be kidding. I\u2019ve learned a great deal about history, culture, and myself researching my own family.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">28) You ought to be done with that family history by now.</b> Well, I would except every time I find one ancestor I have two more parents to learn about.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">29) There is one best genealogical software package.</b> Most have their pros and cons. Pick one that works for you, keep alert for new packages, but only change when you have good reason to. Time spent upgrading and upgrading and constantly learning new packages can be spent doing research.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;font-family:inherit;max-width:100%">30) You are completely addicted if you search the ingredient list of your breakfast cereal for your ancestral surnames.</b> This is likely true, but I\u2019m not admitting to this one in public!</p></div><div><div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">---------------------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><span id="m_-4624437620032906403m_-3377442300575470021gmail-docs-internal-guid-58e0cda8-7fff-a77d-b184-83683376b12e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Using the FamilySearch Catalog--Webinar</span></p>-----------------------------------------------------<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Delivery date of 11 January 2026</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/WAF85QETY39FW" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Pre-order at $20.00</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. Normal price is $28.00</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Confused about what is on FamilySearch? Having difficulty knowing what is online there and how to access it? This presentation will lead you out of the confusion.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Contents will include:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Various ways the catalog can be searched\u2013the six verbal ways (location, title, keyword, surname, author, subject) and the two more numeric ways (call number and film/image group number). We will see how to:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">effectively navigate the catalog search results, </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">determine how catalog materials can be accessed,</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">be aware of all geographic levels for a specific location, </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">determine what indexes and finding aids are available</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">see ways to avoid searching the same set of records multiple times accidentally,</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">see how common record types are frequently cataloged,</span></p></li></ul><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/WAF85QETY39FW" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Preorder today and save $8.</span></a></p></span></font></div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">-----------------------------</font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Revised Full-Text Searching Webinar for 2026</font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">-----------------------------</font></p><div><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">We\u2019re excited to offer this revised presentation on the full-text searching at <em>FamilySearch</em>--reflecting changes made to the site since this was recorded in August 2025. We\u2019ve redesigned our presentation as this functionality continues to change. And\u2026we have an extensive handout complete with forms to help you find more people. Available for download by 5 January 2026. <a href="https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/67D7Z5H4ZQHJA" target="_blank">Order now for $25</a>.</font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">If you have purchased an earlier version of this presentation--email me at <a href="mailto:mjnrootdig@gmail.com" target="_blank">mjnrootdig@gmail.com</a> for the code to order this revision for $10.</font></p><h2><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Fully Utilizing Full-Text Search: Revised for January 2026</font></h2><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Your purchase includes:</font></p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><strong>A 90 minute (or more presentation)</strong> you can view as often as you want.</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><strong>Detailed handout</strong> with charts and forms to help organize your searches. Charts and forms sent as separate files you can edit and customize and not as a locked PDF you have to re-create yourself as a new document.</font></li></ul><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">We\u2019ll be including and discussing:</font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><strong>Determining what is in Full-Text Search\u2014</strong>what you can access at home and what you will have to be in a FamilySearch facility or affiliate to access.</font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><strong>Seeing How AI Transcriptions are different</strong>\u2014they aren\u2019t like the transcriptions made by humans. That can change your approach.</font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><strong>Remembering that Full-Text means every word</strong>\u2014approaches need to differ as we aren\u2019t looking up a name in an index any more.</font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><strong>Asking Who</strong> is in the record? We aren\u2019t just searching for the main person like we did with traditional indexes. We\u2019ll discuss how to determine who could be mentioned in a record.</font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><strong>Determining How to search?</strong> There are a variety of ways to search and filter results. We\u2019ll see how each one works to help determine the best strategy.</font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><strong>Creating search strategies</strong>\u2014how full-text search changes your approach and why just dumping terms in search boxes is not always effective.</font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><strong>Determining what you found</strong> The interface does not always make this clear. We will show you how to get beyond the confusion and help you get enough detail for a citation.</font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><strong>Creating effective problem-solving approaches</strong>\u2014what to do when you cannot find something you want.</font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><strong>Demonstrating practical examples</strong>\u2014completely new people and families from our previous presentations.</font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Available 5 January 2026. <a href="https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/67D7Z5H4ZQHJA" target="_blank">Order now for $25</a>.</font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Until Next Time,</font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Michael</font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">all concent (c) 2025 Michael John Neill</font></p></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>------------------------------------<br>Michael John Neill<br>Genealogy Tip of the Day</div><div><a href="http://www.genealogytipoftheday.com" target="_blank">http://www.genealogytipoftheday.com</a></div></div></div></div>