<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent;font-family:georgia,serif"><font size="4">Genealogy Update 28 Sept 2026</font></span></div><div><br></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** The Littlest Clue</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** BLM, Newspapers, and Females</font></div><div><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">** DNA Usernames Can Contain Clues</font></span></div><div><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">** More Land Platting with AI and Getting the Most From the Census</font></span></div><div><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">** Recorded Webinars</font></span></div><div><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">----------------------------</font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;text-align:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">The Littlest Clue</font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;text-align:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">----------------------------</font></span></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(23,37,42)"></span><img width="1000" height="677" src="https://rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cecil-neill-1941-checks-birth-of-son-Keith.jpg" alt="" class="gmail-wp-image-10311" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; vertical-align: bottom; display: block; text-align: initial; 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;"></font><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 wrote about these checks from my Grandpa Neill in <em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">Genealogy Tip of the Day</em> but realized that there\u2019s another very small clue in these two checks\u2013one that reminds us of the importance of looking at everything and every detail.</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 checks were written in 1941 when my grandparents and their two children were living on a farm a few miles north of Carthage, Hancock County, Illinois. They had lived there since the very late 1930s when they purchased the farm and are enumerated there in the 1940 census.</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">But why was Grandpa writing checks on a bank in Augusta, Illinois? While located in Hancock County, it\u2019s a significant distanced from where they lived (approximately 25 miles). Carthage was the county seat. There were banks in Carthage. Ferris, Illinois, was not far away either and also had a bank where Grandpa banked for some time. But in 1941 my grandparents had not lived on the farm north of Carthage very long.</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">After their marriage in 1935, my grandparents \u201ctook to housekeeping and renting a farm\u201d from my Grandpa\u2019s uncle near Plymouth, Illinois. They were living there when the oldest son was born in 1937 and until they moved to the farm near Carthage in the very late 1930s. The likely scenario is that Grandpa still maintained his banking relationship with the bank in Augusta.</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"><span style="color:rgb(23,37,42)"></span></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">At the very least the location of the bank would have been a clue that they had lived in the area if I had not already known that.</font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="6">Announcement</font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="6"><br></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:27pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Tract Books and the 2026 BLM Land Patent Search site update</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This presentation will discuss what the BLM tract books are (they keep track of complete and incomplete federal land transactions), how to search them on FamilySearch\u2013there are multiple ways (focusing on manual searches for when the indexed do not work), what clues can be gathered from these records, accessing additional records suggested in the tract books, documenting your searches of these books. Also included will be a discussion of the current iteration of the Bureau of Land Management Federal Land Patent search site.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=UQKGYQSX63Z3Y" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Presentation to be released on 18 October\u2013$17.99</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:27pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">\ufeffResearching Female Ancestors</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This presentation discusses approaches and techniques for determining an ancestor\u2019s maiden name and locating \u201cmissing\u201d females. Geared towards the advanced beginner or intermediate researcher, it focuses on American records and sources before World War I. The content is not specific to any one time period and many of the approaches can be refined for different locations or types of records. Concepts discussed will include:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:30pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:15pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);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="font-size:15pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">overview of women\u2019s legal rights;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:30pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:15pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);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="font-size:15pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">property ownership;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:30pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:15pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);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="font-size:15pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">inheritance;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:30pt;list-style-type:disc;font-s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gia, 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">DNA Usernames Can Contain Clues</font></p></div><p style="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"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">--------------------------------------</font></span></p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><img width="1000" height="677" src="https://rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cecil-neill-1941-checks-birth-of-son-Keith.jpg" alt="" class="gmail-wp-image-10311" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; vertical-align: bottom; display: block; text-align: initial; 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;"></font><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 wrote about these checks from my Grandpa Neill in <em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">Genealogy Tip of the Day</em> but realized that there\u2019s another very small clue in these two checks\u2013one that reminds us of the importance of looking at everything and every detail.</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 checks were written in 1941 when my grandparents and their two children were living on a farm a few miles north of Carthage, Hancock County, Illinois. They had lived there since the very late 1930s when they purchased the farm and are enumerated there in the 1940 census.</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">But why was Grandpa writing checks on a bank in Augusta, Illinois? While located in Hancock County, it\u2019s a significant distanced from where they lived (approximately 25 miles). Carthage was the county seat. There were banks in Carthage. Ferris, Illinois, was not far away either and also had a bank where Grandpa banked for some time. But in 1941 my grandparents had not lived on the farm north of Carthage very long.</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">After their marriage in 1935, my grandparents \u201ctook to housekeeping and renting a farm\u201d from my Grandpa\u2019s uncle near Plymouth, Illinois. They were living there when the oldest son was born in 1937 and until they moved to the farm near Carthage in the very late 1930s. The likely scenario is that Grandpa still maintained his banking relationship with the bank in Augusta.</font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(23,37,42)"></span></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">At the very least the location of the bank would have been a clue that they had lived in the area if I had not already known that.</font></p><p style="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"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">--------------------------------------</font></span></p><div style="text-align:initial;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;outline:0px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"></div><p style="text-align:initial;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);max-width:100%"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif" size="4">------------------------------------</font></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 face="georgia, serif" size="4">More Land Platting with AI</font></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 face="georgia, serif" size="4">-----------------------------------</font></span></p><p style="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"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:normal"><br></font></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 face="georgia, serif" size="4">This session will expand on the \u201cMetes and Bounds with AI\u201d presentation. It will include  additional and more convoluted examples of metes and bounds properties, discuss platting out properties in federal land states involving sections and townships, and include an example of a metes and bounds description in a federal land state. This session presupposes that the listener has a basic understanding of land record terminology and knows how to locate land deed records as those topics are not a part of this presentation. </font></span></p><p style="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"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:normal"><br></font></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 face="georgia, serif" size="4">Release date: 15 October 2025.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=C4JG43VE263BW" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Early order price: $18.99</font></span></a></p><p style="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"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:normal"><br></font></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 face="georgia, serif" size="4">Order includes audiovisual file and handout. </font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif" size="4">-----------------------------------------------------------------</font></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 face="georgia, serif" size="4">Getting the Most from US Census Records</font></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 face="georgia, serif" size="4">----------------------------------------------------------</font></span></p><p style="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"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:normal"><br></font></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 face="georgia, serif" size="4">This session will help you to get the most from United States census records\u2013covering from 1790 through 1950. We will start with what you should do when you find any census enumeration\u2013which is not to transcribe it. We will highlight the questions asked, talk about using enumerator instructions, see how to get as much from a census enumeration as possible, determine when a census suggests other records be searched, and more. </font></span></p><p style="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"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:normal"><br></font></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 face="georgia, serif" size="4">We will cover typical errors and how those arose, concerns about reliability of the informant (did they just guess at information?), reasons why people lie, and more. </font></span></p><p style="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"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:normal"><br></font></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 face="georgia, serif" size="4">We will talk about research strategies for people who are difficult to find, ways names get written and transcribed and how to formulate a census search plan those individuals who are difficult to locate. </font></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 face="georgia, serif" size="4">The presentation will last approximately ninety minutes. Purchase includes media file and handout.</font></span></p><p style="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"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:normal"><br></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=H4MQXGKGGXM9U" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Pre-release order price is $15.99.</font></span></a></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 face="georgia, serif" size="4">Release date: 16 October 2026.</font></span></p><p style="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"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"></font></span></p><div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(70,112,127);font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px">--------------------</span></div><div><font color="#46707f" face="georgia, serif" size="4">Webinars</font></div><div><font color="#46707f" face="Open Sans"><span style="font-size:16px">--------------------</span></font></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ready-to-Go Webinars from Michael\u2013download immediate:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia,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"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/creating-childrens-stories-from-genealogy-information/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;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:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia,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"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/creating-families-from-pre-1850-census-records/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;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:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia,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"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/deedmapper-intro-and-more-deedmapper-webinars/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">DeedMapper webinars</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia,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"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2026/02/19/using-the-familysearch-catalog-webinar/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">FamilySearch Catalog</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia,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"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/rooting-around-for-farmers-and-tenants-and-laborers/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Farming Ancestor webinars\u2013landowner and non-landowner versions</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia,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"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2026/08/05/updated-familysearch-full-text-search-webinar/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Full-Text Search at FamilySearch</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia,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"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2025/11/04/common-names-at-familysearch-full-text-webinar/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Full-Text Search at FamilySearch with Common Names</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia,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"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/how-errors-get-in-records-webinar/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">How Errors Get in Records</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia,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"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2026/03/10/genealogy-research-in-illinois-webinar/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Illinois Genealogy Research</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);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/using-ai-for-metes-and-bounds-deed-analysis/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Metes and Bounds With AI\u2013platting and analysis</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia,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"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/unburying-funeral-home-records/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Unburying Funeral Home Records</span></a></p></li></ul></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">----------------------------------------<br></font></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><b><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Need to unsubscribe? Do so at:</font></b></div><div><b><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/mailman/listinfo/genealogy_genealogytipoftheday.com" target="_blank"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">https://genealogytipoftheday.com/mailman/listinfo/genealogy_genealogytipoftheday.com<font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><br></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></a></b></div></div><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></div></div></div><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888" size="4"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;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></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><font size="4">Michael John Neill</font></div><div><font size="4">Genealogy Tip of the Day</font></div><div><font size="4">PO Box 17</font></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(70,112,127)"><font color="#888888" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#888888" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"></font></font></p><div><font size="4">Henderson, IL 61439</font></div></div></div>