<div dir="ltr"><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Need to unsubscribe? <a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/mailman/listinfo/tip-of-the-day_genealogytipoftheday.com" target="_blank" style="">Do so here</a>. </font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** Recent Genealogy Tips of the Day</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** Full-Text Webinar</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** FAN Thoughts</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">----------------------</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Recent Genealogy Tips of the Day</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">----------------------</font></div><div><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;list-style-type:none;list-style-position:inside;color:rgb(70,112,127)"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2026/02/07/is-yours-the-only-one/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Is Yours the Only One?</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2026/02/06/genealogy-goals-4/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Genealogy Goals?</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2026/02/05/place-names-from-home/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Place Names from Home</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2026/02/03/first-associates-and-home-folks/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">First Associates and Home Folks</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2026/02/02/the-analysis-of-each-statement/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">The Analysis of Each Statement</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2026/02/01/preserve-the-memory-2/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Preserve the Memory</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2026/01/31/all-associates-are-not-equal/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">All Associates are Not Equal</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2026/01/30/the-wrong-church/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">The \u201cWrong\u201d Church</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2026/01/29/another-way-to-use-full-text-search-at-familysearch/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Another Way To Use Full-Text Search at FamilySearch</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2026/01/28/children-are-always-named-for-sponsors/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Children Are Always Named for Sponsors</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding: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ex 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"><a href="https://michael-john-neill.dpdcart.com/cart/add?product_id=246272&amp;method_id=268990" target="_blank">Available for immediate download for $30</a>. Complete handout included and additional forms. </font></p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">-----------------------------</font></div></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Fan Thoughts</font></div></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">-----------------------------</font></div></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><p style="text-overflow:ellipsis;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:21px;margin:0px 0px 8px;overflow-x:hidden">Upon occasion, I think people carry the FAN methodology concept a bit too far. The concept is excellent in theory, but there are some for whom it has become a bit of an obsession.</p><p style="text-overflow:ellipsis;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:21px;margin:6px 0px;overflow-x:hidden">I was working on the first cousin of a great-great-grandmother\u2026just really trying to document an overview of her life, her vital dates, and some basic information on her children. This is to help me get a larger picture of the extended family of my great-great-grandmother. I discover that the first cousin\u2019s husband was married before he married the first cousin.</p><p style="text-overflow:ellipsis;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:21px;margin:6px 0px;overflow-x:hidden">How much do I need to know about that first wife?</p><p style="text-overflow:ellipsis;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:21px;margin:6px 0px;overflow-x:hidden">Then I think about myself.</p><p style="text-overflow:ellipsis;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:21px;margin:6px 0px;overflow-x:hidden">I have first cousins. I think one of them has a spouse that was married before they married my cousin. What impact does that have on me?</p><p style="text-overflow:ellipsis;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:21px;margin:6px 0px;overflow-x:hidden">None.</p><p style="text-overflow:ellipsis;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:21px;margin:8px 0px 0px;overflow-x:hidden">Are there situations where it is necessary to research that far afield? Perhaps, but those times and places are where records are scant, information is confusing, or there are other confounding issues. Many times that is not the case at all.</p><div style="">---------------</div></font></div></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(70,112,127)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Tip of the Day Books?</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Check our &quot;Genealogy Tip of the Day&quot; or &quot;More Genealogy Tip of the Day&quot; on <a href="https://amzn.to/45LyBK5" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a>.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(70,112,127)"><span style="text-align:initial;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><font face="georgia, serif"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