<div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Need to unsubscribe?</span><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/mailman/listinfo/genealogy_genealogytipoftheday.com" target="_blank" style="font-family:georgia,serif"> Manage here</a><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">. </span><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"></font></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></span></div><div><br></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Genealogy Update 2 Sept 2026</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** Can You Always Find the Reason?</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** 5-Week Class on Using FamilySearch's Full-Text Search--</font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;background-color:transparent">Don't Miss It!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;background-color:transparent">** That 1924 Land Purchase in Modern Terms</span></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** Downloadable Webinars</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** Upcoming Trips</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">Can You Always Find the Reason?</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">----------------------------------------</font></div><div><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">One clue to learning more about your ancestor is determining why he moved from one point to another. Sometimes the reasons are clear after a little study of local history if the reason he moved was because of the destination\u2013called the <em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">pull factor</em>. If you don\u2019t know where the ancestor was from, it may be more difficult to determine the reason why he left\u2013called the <em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">push factor</em>. It is difficult to read relevant local histories when you are unaware of where the ancestor was from.</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">Reasons might not always be stated in local histories. Your ancestor might have migrated because of family connections, the fact that a former neighbor had settled in the area, or that there was some type of employment that he could easily obtain. Sometimes the \u201cconnection\u201d will be impossible to find. Generally genealogists are advised to research associates of the ancestor in his earlier days of residence in an area to get an idea of individuals he might have known \u201cback home.\u201d Sometimes that is easier said than done.</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">And if you ancestor didn\u2019t move\u2014there\u2019s a reason for 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">If you speculate on why an ancestor moved (or didn\u2019t) clearly indicate that your speculation is speculation. And remember, that many of our conclusions are speculation. Very few of our ancestors left behind detailed records explaining why they did what they did.</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">Often, we look at the records they left behind, use generalities gleaned from history, economics, and known social behavior, and weave a story. Sometimes that story is correct, but sometimes it is not. After all, ancestors leave behind pieces of themselves and when we use those records to tell their story, we often weave some of ourselves into the tapestry we create.</font></p></div><div><p 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">-------------------------------</font></p><p 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">5-Week Class on Using Full-Text Search--Don't Miss It!</font></p><p 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">-------------------------------</font></p><div><span id="m_6283228538835991755m_-453526851107018526gmail-docs-internal-guid-6dc966b1-7fff-5a7e-5462-4e7c16f2e83a"><font face="georgia, serif"><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;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"><font size="6"><b>5-week class on Using FamilySearch\u2019s Full-Text Search</b></font></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="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">With Michael John Neill</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="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">Are you getting the most from FamilySearch\u2019s Full-Text Search? Our five session class on FamilySearch\u2019s full-text search will help you to get the very most from this truly paradigm-shift way of searching. Presentation and discussion is practical and down-to-earth. Students will receive practical and easy-to-implement search strategies and will be encouraged to share successes and failures with other class members via an online group and discussion sessions. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="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">Week 1</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="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">Overview of FamilySearch full-text search.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="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">This session will provide an overview of full-text search methodology, discuss how full-text search is different from typical searches, discuss workarounds for transcription errors, searching specific sets of images, and search organization.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="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">Week 2</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="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">Sourcing and Determining what has been found with FamilySearch full-text search.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="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">This session will discuss determining what has actually been located, downloading all information and images for a complete source citation, and creating a completion citation. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="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">Week 3</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="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">Common Name Searching at FamilySearch full-text search.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="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">This session will discuss some specific strategies for searching for common names in full-text search. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="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">Week 4</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="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">Problem-Solving with FamilySearch full-text search.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="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">This session will discuss search formulation, tracking, and problem-solving when specific items have not been located. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="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">Week 5</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="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">Wrap up</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="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">Structure</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="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">Lectures will be available for downloading the week before the discussion session. Students will view presentation and do optional homework the week before the discussion. Each week\u2019s discussion will review the lecture, discuss homework assignment, and have time for student questions and group discussion. Homework is optional, but will help students to understand concepts and get more from discussion sessions. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="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">Discussion sessions will be held:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="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">15, 22, 29 September and 6 and 13 October at 7:30 pm central time. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="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">Class meetings will be via Zoom. Class communication will be via a Google group. </span><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=BKU7EFP9P55C4" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration for class is $70</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Purchasers of one of Michael\u2019s previous FamilySearch\u2019s full-text webinars can order class for $20 less\u2013contact Michael to request special discount registration link. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="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">Registration is limited and can be </span><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=BKU7EFP9P55C4" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">processed here</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Confirmation of registration will be made within 24 hours of receipt. Contact Michael at </span><a href="mailto:mjnrootdig@gmail.comm" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">mjnrootdig@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> with questions. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="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"><br></span></p><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:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="4">------------------------------</font></span></p><p style="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"><font size="4">That 1924 Purchase in Modern Terms</font></span></p><p style="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"><font size="4">------------------------------
</font></span></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 size="4">I took the big financial dive and purchased a copy of <a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1929545010/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=gentipoftheda-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=dbf14007115da5c6e9df649cac39a8ab&camp=1789&creative=9325" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(3,169,244);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">How Much Is That In Real Money?</em></a> by John J. McCusker and published by the American Antiquarian Society in 1992. I\u2019m hoping to use it to analyze some amounts from estate inventories and deeds. I\u2019ll do so keeping in mind that any such analysis is fraught with complications.</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 size="4">One area of interest is the current value of a valued item (farm, estate inventory item, monthly wage, rent, etc.) in today\u2019s economic climate. While I fully understand the concept of the time value of money, present values of lump sums, future values of lump sums, inflation, etc., I sometimes have difficulty with those websites that allow someone to enter in an amount from 1850 and convert it into 2020 terms.</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 size="4">Using the present value/future value calculator at <a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com">www.wolframalpha.com</a>, I came up with some values for the worth of a farm purchased by my great-grandfather in 1924 from his father\u2019s estate. The range of current values ($8000-$10000 per acre) was converted to the value range in 1924 ($521-$652). Great-grandfather paid $200 an acre for the property in 1924 as per the terms of his father\u2019s will.</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 size="4">According to the present value, great-grandfather got a bargain as he did not even pay half of the 1924 value of today\u2019s value. One could even say he got it for a song.</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 size="4">Not so fast.</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 size="4">Great-grandpa was not dropping an amount into a savings account in 1924 to leave it hanging around for me to cash out in 2020. He was purchasing a farm in 1924. To see if the price he paid in 1924 was low, high, or reasonable in 1924 I need to compare the price he paid with the price paid for similar pieces of property in 1924. To date, I\u2019ve not done that yet, but I have a difficult time believing that the price he paid to his siblings was only a fraction of it\u2019s relative value <em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">at the time</em>. I need to do that.</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 size="4">At this point all I have is a quote from my Grandfather when I told him what his Dad had to pay for the farm in 1924. \u201cThat was a lot of money. No wonder they had a hard time for quite a few years.\u201d Granddad may be correct\u2013or he may not be correct. But contemporary prices of land are what I need to make my comparison to\u2013at least in my opinion. That\u2019s going to require some contemporary research.</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 size="4">On a side note a piece of cropland today that was owned by your relative in 1850 that\u2019s highly valuable may be valuable partially because in 1880 a new owner finished clearing off most of the trees and brush and because in 2016 the present landowner made a significant investment in tiling that property. Because of those improvements that property today may be worth more than neighboring pieces of property than it was in 1850.</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 size="4">Great-grandfather did not purchase that piece of property in 2020. He purchased it in 1924. 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