<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div style="text-align:initial;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Need to unsubscribe?</span><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/mailman/listinfo/genealogy_genealogytipoftheday.com" target="_blank" style=""> Manage here</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">.</span></font></div><div style="text-align:initial;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align:initial;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** Across the Road</font></span></div><div style="text-align:initial;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** What I Know I Know</font></span></div><div style="text-align:initial;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** Notebook for Genealogy--new day time offering</font></span></div><div style="text-align:initial;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:georgia,serif"><br></span></div><div style="text-align:initial;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">-------------------------</font></span></div><div style="text-align:initial;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Across the Road</font></span></div><div style="text-align:initial;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">-----------------------</font></span></div><div style="text-align:initial;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:georgia,serif"><br></span></div><div style="text-align:initial;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><img width="845" height="1024" src="https://rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ufkes-neill-connie-1940s-stroller-845x1024.jpg" alt="" class="gmail-wp-image-10467" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; vertical-align: bottom; display: block; text-align: initial; font-family: inherit; transition-property: background, padding, margin, border, transform, box-shadow, opacity, color, fill, font, border-radius, max-height, max-width, filter, -webkit-transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-filter; transition-duration: 0.5s;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px"></span><p class="gmail-wp-block-paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" style="" size="4">The photograph of my Mother pushing a doll in a stroller was taken in the 1940s. That I\u2019m sure of. What I am less certain of is the location. Given where Mom and her grandparents lived, I\u2019m reasonably certain the photograph was taken in Hancock County, Illinois. But where within the county I am not so certain.</font></p><p class="gmail-wp-block-paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">The road isn\u2019t a huge clue. The picture is somewhat blurry, and I can\u2019t be quite certain if the road is dirt or gravel, although I think the chance it is paved is fairly slim.</font></p><p class="gmail-wp-block-paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">I don\u2019t think the picture was taken in Mom\u2019s paternal grandparents yard as, based on the property they owned across the road and how long they had owned it, I doubt there would have been a fence line running perpendicular to the road right there (the barns were on the same side of the road as my mother would be and livestock were pastured on pasture they owned that was not across the road). The farm ground behind the road gives (to me) the impression that it was owned by two different individuals at the time the picture was taken or at least reasonably close to when the picture was taken. That\u2019s not the case with the property across the road from her paternal grandparents\u2019 home/front yard.</font></p><p class="gmail-wp-block-paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">It could be in her maternal grandparents\u2019 yard, but it would have to have been the side yard and not the front yard\u2013there was a state highway, paved since the 1930s (road maps verify this\u2013not just my second/third hand knowledge). The road does not appear to have been a state highway. I think the road on the side yard road was gravel and need to look at a county map in the 1940s to be certain. But upon further reflection it could not have been in their side yard either because of the fence in the background. My great-grandfather\u2019s brother\u2019s home would have been in the background if the photo had been taken in the side yard.</font></p><p class="gmail-wp-block-paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">I\u2019m left with concluding that the picture was likely taken where her parents lived in the 1940s.</font></p><p class="gmail-wp-block-paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Background in pictures can be helpful in determining where a photograph might have been taken. If you think you know where a picture was taken, see if the background matches (at least reasonably closely) what should have been there at the time. In this case, county plat books or atlases could have been helpful. Road maps would also have been useful in determining what type of road was in use at the time.</font></p><p class="gmail-wp-block-paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" style="" size="4">Also do not jump to conclusions and give yourself some time to analyze something. Upon first analysis, I forgot that my maternal great-grandfather\u2019s brother\u2019s was to the east of his and, given its location across the road, should have appeared in a picture taken in their side yard.</font></p><p class="gmail-wp-block-paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" style="" size="4">--------------------------------</font></p><p class="gmail-wp-block-paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" style="" size="4">What I Know I Know</font></p><p class="gmail-wp-block-paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" style="" size="4">--------------------------------</font></p><p class="gmail-wp-block-paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" style="" size="4">This was a little thought exercise I undertook partially for my own entertainment and partially to remind me of what people could know\u2013particularly information in county histories and other published materials written before they were born. My knowledge of any years of birth in this discussion are, by the very nature of time and the fact I am discussing my grandparents, secondary.</font></p><p class="gmail-wp-block-paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">What is not secondary is the fact that I know that these individuals acted as if they were siblings, were accepted as siblings, and were acknowledged by others in the communities. Their births all took place between forty-four and seventy years before my own birth and nearly one-hundred-and-twenty-five years before the time this post is written. That\u2019s something to think about when I see a county history published in 1880 that references relationships of individuals born at the end of the 1700s and the beginning of the 1800s. That does not mean that those relationships are correct or that the person\u2019s memory was infallible.</font></p><p class="gmail-wp-block-paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">It just gives me perspective.</font></p><p class="gmail-wp-block-paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">This exercise required me to try and put aside what I know from having been involved in genealogy research. That was, to be honest, difficult. I tried to think of times I met these people and things I knew or heard before I became involved in genealogy. The years my grandparents were always known to me\u2013my family was never one to hide <em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">anyone\u2019s </em>age.</font></p><p class="gmail-wp-block-paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">I tried as best I could to concentrate on what I knew because it was repeatedly told to me or repeatedly implied by the actions of others. This includes family gatherings, numerous funerals, various celebrations, random family visits, discussions about who was not speaking to whom, conversations where family members gossiped about their siblings (let\u2019s be honest), and other stories I was told.</font></p><p class="gmail-wp-block-paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">I know who all my paternal grandfather\u2019s siblings were. I know my Grandpa was born in 1903\u2013that was something I heard repeated numerous times. I know he was the oldest in his family and that he had two younger brothers and a younger sister. I know that his brother Herschel was the youngest of the entire family and that his sister, Nellie, was born before the youngest brother. That leaves his brother Ralph to have been the second oldest child. My grandfather died when I was six months old\u2013I have no firsthand memory of him. I knew all three of his siblings having met them numerous times and always heard them refer to each other as siblings and to my grandfather as their oldest sibling. Even without genealogy, I knew the first names of each of my uncle\u2019s wives and the first and last name of my grandfather\u2019s sister\u2019s husband.</font></p><p class="gmail-wp-block-paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">I know who my paternal grandmother\u2019s siblings were, but my knowledge there is not the same as it is with my grandfather. I know names of Grandma\u2019s siblings: John, Luella, Babe (might have remembered his name was really Carl, but maybe not), Elmer, Lillie, and Pete (probably would have remembered his real name was Cecil). I only remember meeting Luella, Lillie, and Pete (all of whom I met numerous times). I would have known John was the oldest and that he died during the Depression in a car crash. Aunt Luella\u2019s year of birth I would have remembered, but only because she was born in 1900 and her age \u201cwent with the years\u201d as Grandma (and my Dad) would say. The youngest three children were (in order) Lillie, my Grandma, and Pete. Lillie was older than Grandma by a bit, and Pete was the baby of the family. The two older brothers birth order eludes me. They always acknowledged each other as siblings and were known as siblings.</font></p><p class="gmail-wp-block-paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">I knew all my maternal grandfather\u2019s siblings. I always knew my Grandfather was the oldest (born in 1917), that his sister Ruth was the youngest, and that their brother Herb was born before Ruth. There were two other brothers LeRoy and Alvin, but to be honest I always get mixed up which one of them was oldest. I met all of them numerous times as they all were alive when I was born as were their spouses. Their mother was actually alive until I was in my late teens. This is probably the family where I have the most first hand knowledge of everyone in the immediate family.</font></p><p class="gmail-wp-block-paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">My maternal grandmother was the youngest of seven children born in 1924. If asked only to rely on memory, I would know all their first names (although it might take me a minute to get all of them, but I can always remember there were a total of seven): Margaret, Greta, Ruth, Anna, John, Edward, and Dorothy (my grandmother). Uncle Ed was closest in age to Grandma and I think Anna and Margaret were the two oldest children. I\u2019d be reasonably certain of the names of the spouses of most of the ones who lived near where I grew up (Ruth, John, and Edward). Margaret lived in the town where I grew up, but her husband passed well before I was born.</font></p><p class="gmail-wp-block-paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Of course, thanks to genealogy research I have filled in the blanks in these families. This little exercise was just to help remind me that what I know is similar to what someone else may not. I also have to be aware that my experience may be unique and that not everyone may know as much about their grandparents\u2019 siblings as do I. My knowledge is a factor of many things and I need to remember that as well.</font></p><p class="gmail-wp-block-paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Something for me to think about when I analyze something written in an 1880 biography. It doesn\u2019t mean what aspects of it are true and what ones are not\u2013but that I need to think about what the informant might have reasonably known.</font></p><p class="gmail-wp-block-paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">My knowledge of the years of my grandparents\u2019 birth is only as reliable as their knowledge.</font></p><p class="gmail-wp-block-paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" style="" size="4">What do you know and how do you know it?</font></p></div><div style="text-align:initial;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">-------------------------------------</font></div><div style="text-align:initial;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Notebook for Genealogy--a Four Week Class</font></div><div style="text-align:initial;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">-------------------------------------</font></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2026/08/12/notebook-for-genealogy-four-week-class/" target="_blank">View this page as an email.</a></div><div><p style="font-family:georgia,serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><i><font size="6">Due to requests, we&#39;ve added a set of classes on Tuesday mornings--see below.</font></i></span></p><p style="font-family:georgia,serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><i><font size="6">Five spots left in our Sunday night sessions, don&#39;t wait!</font></i></span></p><p style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="6">Notebook for Genealogy\u2013A Four Session Pick Your Own Problem Course</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">With Michael John Neill</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Our focus is on being practical, exhibiting sound genealogy methodology, and demonstrating responsible use of Notebook (Google\u2019s suite of AI tools) in genealogy research. This course is for those who would like guidance and suggestions in how to use Notebook and have a place to get feedback and additional direction.</span></p><p style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>What is Notebook?</b></span></p><span id="m_-7666443035751280623gmail-docs-internal-guid-59c02fff-7fff-a2d6-1515-b9cc5062f357"><font size="4"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NotebookLM</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (often simply </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Notebook</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) is Google\u2019s suite of AI-driven tools to analyze data from files and information you provide it. . </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Notebook uses </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">sources of your choosing, not what it found online</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. You upload your own materials\u2014including PDF files, text files, Google Docs, slides, or web links\u2014and the AI creates a private workspace built exclusively around that data. You can upload any genealogy information to it tht you wish , but it is recommended that only deceased people be included and that you not upload DNA information on living people.  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Capabilities</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Answers with Citations:</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> When you ask questions or search your uploaded files, every response includes citations to your uploaded documents, allowing you to double-check sources. </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Synthesis &amp; Content Creation:</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> Notebook automatically generates concise summaries, outlines main themes, and identifies connections or conflicts across dozens of sources at once. You do need to validate its summaries and conclusions.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Audio-visual Outputs:</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> Beyond text answers, Notebook can create study guides, briefing documents, timeline charts, slide decks, podcast interviews, and videos based on your content. Even if you never share the created materials, just viewing them and interacting with them may give you some insight into your genealogical problem.</span></p></li></ul></font></span><p style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Course Prerequisites &amp; Required Materials</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> You should have digital records for one ancestor or a father-mother-children family, including every extant record available.</span></p><ul style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;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:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Format:</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> PDF or JPG for images; PDF, Word, or raw text for transcriptions.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Preparation:</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> Be familiar with the specific ancestral research problem you plan to work on to get the most from Notebook LM and AI concepts. Gather all materials between registration and the start of class.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Course Format &amp; Zoom Sessions</span></p><ul style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;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:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Pre-Recorded Lectures:</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> Students will view two hours of presentations before group sessions begin.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Live Zoom Sessions:</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> Held on Sunday nights (and recorded for later viewing). Sessions combine live demonstrations by Michael working through a set of family records alongside group discussions where students share prompts, results, challenges, and questions.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Class Focus &amp; Weekly Assignments</span></p><ul style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;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:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Weekly Assignments:</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> One assignment per week focused on Notebook&#39;s media outputs using your own research problem.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Scope:</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> The course focuses on mastering the tools and capabilities of Notebook rather than providing individual research advice, making it accessible to participants working on problems from any region.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Community Discussion &amp; Communication</span></p><ul style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;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:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Private Google Group:</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> Used for asynchronous discussion, peer interaction, Q&amp;A, and prompt sharing outside of live sessions.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Email Requirement:</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> A Gmail account is strongly recommended. Accounts with AOL, Yahoo, or Hotmail frequently experience delivery issues with group emails.</span></p></li></ul><div><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif" size="4">Take the class live on Sunday Night or Tuesday Mornings!</font></div><h2><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline"><em>Sunday sessions--7 PM Central Time</em></span></strong></h2><p><strong>Important Dates</strong></p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><strong>1 September:</strong> Pre-recorded lectures become available for download, and the private Google Group opens.</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><strong>Live Zoom Discussions (Sunday Nights):</strong> 13 September, 20 September, 27 September, and 11 October. Time: 7 pm US Central Daylight Time.</li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"></p><div><p><strong>Registration &amp; Tuition</strong>-</p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><strong>Fee:</strong> $70\u2013<a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=EAYH3Z2FWUR9S" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">register now to save your spot</a> in the Sunday night sessions--five spaces left. </li><li style="margin-left:15px"><strong>Availability:</strong> Registration is limited.</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=EAYH3Z2FWUR9S" target="_blank">Register for Sunday night sessions.</a></li></ul><div><h2><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline"><em>Tuesday Sessions--10 AM Eastern Time</em></span></strong></h2><p><strong>Important Dates</strong></p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><strong>1 September:</strong> Pre-recorded lectures become available for download, and the private Google Group opens.</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><strong>Live Zoom Discussions (Tuesdays at 10:00 AM Eastern US time):</strong> 15 September, 22 September, 29 September, and 13 October. Time: 10 am US Central Daylight Time.</li></ul><div><p><strong>Registration &amp; Tuition</strong>-</p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><strong>Fee:</strong> $70\u2013<a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=T8YR5W34FDC4L" target="_blank">register now to save your spot</a> . </li><li style="margin-left:15px"><strong>Availability:</strong> Registration is limited.</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=T8YR5W34FDC4L" target="_blank">Register for Sunday Night Sessions</a></li></ul><div><br></div><div><div><div><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Current offerings:</span></p><ul style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;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:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2026/08/12/notebook-for-genealogy-four-week-class/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Notebook AI\u2013four week class</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2026/08/16/using-ai-for-metes-and-bounds-deed-analysis/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Metes and Bounds AI\u2013one hour webinar</span></a></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Upcoming Trips:</span></p><ul style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;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:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/mid-continent-genealogy-library-october-2025-research-trip/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Midwest Genealogy Center\u2013Independence, Missouri</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2025-library-of-virginia-research-trip-richmond-virginia/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Library of Virginia</span></a></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ready-to-Go Webinars\u2013download immediate:</span></p><ul style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;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:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/creating-childrens-stories-from-genealogy-information/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Creating Children\u2019s Stories from Genealogy Events</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/creating-families-from-pre-1850-census-records/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Creating Families from pre-1850 Census Records</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/deedmapper-intro-and-more-deedmapper-webinars/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">DeedMapper webinars</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/rooting-around-for-farmers-and-tenants-and-laborers/" target="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