<div dir="ltr"><div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Genealogy Update</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">12 October 2026</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** Excited About Upcoming Using AI to Help with Full-Text Search </font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** Upcoming Presentations--save and order early!</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** A Forgotten Picture</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** Courthouse Lessons</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></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">Excited About Upcoming Using AI to Help with Full-Text Search</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">-------------------------</font></div><div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">I'm really excited about our upcoming webinar on using Ai to assist with the full-text search functionality at FamilySearch. There are a variety of ways one can waste time with Artificial Intelligence or use it to create a variety of fictional materials.</font></div></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">That's not what we will be doing. </font></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">AI can help you with your full-text search. Can help you make certain you are searching in a variety of ways, can help make certain you are not leaving good search terms out of your search, and can facilitate tracking the search process. </font></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Scroll down in this email to learn more. </font></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><div><div><div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent;font-family:georgia,serif"><font size="6">Don't Miss Our Upcoming Presentations</font></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent;font-family:georgia,serif"><i><font size="6">prices go up after initial release</font></i></span></div><div><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent;font-family:georgia,serif"><font size="4"><i><br></i></font></span></div><div><i><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent;font-family:georgia,serif"><font size="4">** </font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Using AI to Maximize Your Full-Text Searching</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;white-space:pre-wrap">** BLM Tract Books and 2026 Search Site Update</span><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent;font-family:georgia,serif"><font size="4"></font></span></i></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;white-space:pre-wrap"><i>** US Local Land Records</i></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;white-space:pre-wrap"><i>** More Land Platting with AI</i></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;white-space:pre-wrap"><i>** Getting Most from US Census Records</i></span></div><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">
</span></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 style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif" size="4">Using AI to Maximize Your Full-Text Searching</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">-----------------------------------</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"><br></font></span></p><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Enhance your Full-Text Searching with AI!</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><span id="m_897840572844196353m_132498440368030951m_-3209199870122022968m_-3877808575912351914m_-1734095912854373340m_-2919601874453278073m_7195786793211608814m_2425180567291967162m_4242299942344867553gmail-docs-internal-guid-d0e74572-7fff-7697-2f57-a566f7ae553a"><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 face="georgia, serif" size="6"><b>Using AI to Maximize Your Full-Text Searching at FamilySearch</b></font></span></p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font><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">Are you getting the most from full-text search? Are you considering all the options? Are you feeling overwhelmed even though you know what the purposes of all the boxes are?</font></span></p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font><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">AI can help organize and structure your full-text searches at FamilySearch. It can be used to create a customized research log to track all the various searches you perform at the site and all you need to do is indicate the search was performed and what the results were. </font></span></p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font><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">It is still important for you to know how full-text search at FamilySearch works\u2013you cannot effectively problem solve if you don\u2019t\u2013but AI can make your full-text searches more efficient. The best use of full-text search is using it to find as much as possible\u2013not just the low hanging fruit that one often finds when simply typing in a name. Could there be more that you could find with full-text search?</font></span></p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font><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 see in this presentation how to use AI to take your use of full-text search to the next level.</font></span></p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font><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">You will get the most out of this presentation if you are already familiar with how to use full-text search.</font></span></p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=QUZM9TS8GBEVQ" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Order a copy of the AI presentation only\u2013release date of 18 October 2026\u2013for $16.99</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (introductory rate).</span></font></p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font><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 a copy of our other full-text search presentations:</font></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;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"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2026/08/05/updated-familysearch-full-text-search-webinar/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Full-Text Search at FamilySearch</span></a><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">\u2013download immediate</span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;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"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><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="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Full-Text Search at FamilySearch with Common Names</span></a><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">\u2013download immediate</span></font></p></li></ul></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br>------------------------------------</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">BLM Tract Books and 2026 Search Site Update</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 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&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;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br>------------------------------------</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">US Local Land 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 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><b><i>Land records have you confused? We have the answer.</i></b></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;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">Reading the Deed Books: US Local Land Records for Genealogists</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">There are a lot of records your ancestor may have avoided being listed in. But if he bought or sold land, there was a record created to document that transfer and a copy of that record was probably made at the local court house. Even if your ancestor never bought or sold the land he owned, he may appear in local land records. Deeds are some of the most reliable records we have, and genealogists overlook them all the time.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This presentation covers the land records kept at the county and town level in the United States and the general structure and form of a deed itself along with land record terminology. We'll talk about how the records are usually organized, how to use grantor and grantee indexes (and what to do when they fail you), and why the record you need might be sitting in a parent county formed fifty years earlier. Local land records are not just deeds, we'll look at mortgages, releases, powers of attorney, and the land divisions that followed a death.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We'll also spend time on what a deed can tell you beyond the sale itself. The legal phrasing often hides useful clues, and the details people skim past, like witnesses, neighbors, or a wife releasing her dower, can point to relatives and connections you didn't know about. We will look at examples from a variety of US locations. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Searching these records can always be done onsite, but we will also talk about accessing them where possible via FamilySearch (including manual browsing and using full-text search where applicable). </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You should be comfortable with basic research before signing up. </span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Presentation and handout included. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=3M24AP7JGYQG2" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Receive recording only by 19 October 2026 for $15.99</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=3M24AP7JGYQG2" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Purchase recording for delivery by 19 October 2026 and participate in a one-time question and answers session regarding land deeds on 26 October starting at 7:30 pm central time via zoom</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Michael John Neill has actively researched his genealogy forever forty years, descends from generations of land-owning farmers, and has utilized land records in his own research extensively during that time. He is a former community college math instructor with a master\u2019s degree in mathematics. </span></p><div><br></div><div></div></div><div><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><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font><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><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font><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&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><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font><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></div><div><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><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font><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><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font><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><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font><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><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font><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&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></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">A Forgotten Picture</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">------------------------</font></div><div><img src="cid:ii_mv5cq8qg0" alt="image.png" width="261" height="300"><br></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">I had forgotten this picture even existed.</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">The undated picture is of Trientje (Behrens) Sartorius who was born in Weene, Ostfriesland, Germany and died in 1926 in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois. Ulferts was her \u201cmiddle\u201d name in a sense. It was not a middle name in the way that people typically think of them. It actually was a patronym based on the name of her father, Ulfert Behrens.</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">Trientje came to the United States as a child with her parents, married Hinrich Sartorius, and raised her family on a farm near Golden, Adams County, Illinois. After their children were grown, she and Hinrich spent some time in Quincy after they retired, which is where she died. She and Hinrich are buried in Golden.</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">This picture is in the possession of one of Trientje\u2019s numerous descendants. She and Hinrich had eleven children, nine of whom left descendants of their own. Trientje, later anclicized to Tena, was passed down as name to several of Trientje\u2019s descendants, including my great-grandmother Trientje (Janssen) Ufkes. Trientje was named for her own grandmother, Trientje Ulferts (Claassen).</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">Trientje\u2019s adult children died over quite time span\u2013from 1913 until 1979. As a child I can remember my mother telling me that my great-grandmother still had an aunt living. At the time my great-grandmother seemed ancient (she was in her early eighties and I was not quite a teenager) and the thought she had an aunt by birth still living seemed nearly impossible to me. It wasn\u2019t.</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">Records on the children of ancestors may contain information on their parents. The death of Trientje\u2019s daughter over fifty years after her own death serves to remind us that those records may have been created half a century or more after our actual person of interest died. And those later records could contain significantly more detail.</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" style="" size="4">And you should always reach out to your distant kinfolk. They may have pictures that you do not.</font></p></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(70,112,127)"><font face="georgia, serif" style="" size="4">-------------------------</font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(70,112,127)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Courthouse Lessons Learned</font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(70,112,127)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">-------------------------</font></span></div><div><img src="cid:ii_mv5cu1tf1" alt="image.png" width="300" height="188"><br></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%"><span class="gmail-headline" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">This was reprinted from the former </em>Ancestry Daily News\u2013it originally ran 8 August 2000. It\u2019s just as true today as it was then.<br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"></font></span></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">I recently was fortunate enough to visit two courthouses located a distance from my home. Both experiences were good, and they brought to mind some things worth remembering when visiting any courthouse.</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"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><span class="gmail-subhead" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">Things Might Be Misplaced</span></strong><br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">One courthouse indicated that they had the records I wanted, but that those particular records were in a sub-basement and were somewhat disorganized. There had been a flood a few years earlier, and all the records were saved, but keeping everything in the correct order played second fiddle to saving the records from the coming water.</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"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><span class="gmail-subhead" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">Things Might Be Lost Forever</span></strong><br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">One courthouse caught fire in the 1860s, and most of the records were saved. Unfortunately, the defendants\u2019 and plaintiffs\u2019 indexes to the civil court records didn\u2019t make it. However, there was one partial work still intact. The civil court order books were available, and the years each book covered were written on the spines. Each volume was indexed by defendant only, and this was a difficulty. A partial way to get around this would have been to look in the individual books for the years of interest. If I had located an interesting case, I would have had the dates that various court actions had been undertaken for that case\u2014and perhaps a case file number. With the case file number, I could have accessed the correct packet of court papers. Even with the dates of court action, I could have pulled the boxes containing cases for that time period and manually gone through the boxes looking for information on the specific case. This approach is not as fast as using the defendants\u2019 and plaintiffs\u2019 indexes, but it is better than nothing.</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"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><span class="gmail-subhead" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">Is It Really Gone?</span></strong><br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">The estate record index for one potential relative in Missouri in the 1870s indicated that the case file was empty. Darn! I was hoping for something in the packet that might mention his children or possibly the man I thought was his brother. Later, in looking through the index of guardianships, I located a guardianship for his children. The file contained all the estate settlement information on the father (inventory, accountings, list of heirs, etc) that at one time had likely been in the \u201cempty\u201d file.</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"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><span class="gmail-subhead" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">Do They Speak Your Language?</span></strong><br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">Bear in mind that the courthouse staff might not be familiar with the terms you use. If the individual does not understand what you are talking about at first, try describing the record. Different counties may use slightly different names for different records, and a description may trigger a connection to the record you need. The county might also have some type of record you did not think to ask for. Asking for civil court records is a good idea, but if the query is met with a blank stare, mention that you are looking for divorces, partitions, or whatever it is you are interested in. This may give the staff the clues they need to help you.</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"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><span class="gmail-subhead" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">Are They Familiar with the Old Records?</span></strong><br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">Some office staff members may be more familiar with old records than their co-workers. In other offices, no one may be familiar with the old records. Gently ask if it is possible to view indexes or other finding aids. Some offices may bring the indexes to you at the front counter. Others may say, \u201cCome on back and have a look.\u201d It varies. I always gently say, \u201cI see you\u2019re kind of busy . . . I don\u2019t mind looking myself.\u201d Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn\u2019t, but being overbearing, demanding, and rude should not be your first plan of attack.</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"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><span class="gmail-subhead" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">Always Ask Before You Copy</span></strong><br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">In some offices, copying is self-serve. In others, it is not. If it is self-serve, use care when making photocopies\u2014some records are extremely brittle. Find out the cost per page before making copies. Some places charge per sheet; if that is the case, determine if you can copy two-sided documents front and back, thus reducing your copy expense.</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"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><span class="gmail-subhead" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">They Might Have Pressing Work</span></strong><br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">In one county, I wanted to access records from the coroner\u2019s office. The coroner was in, but was dealing with a fatality that had happened a few hours earlier. I left him the information I had along with my name and address. Obviously dealing with the fatal accident took priority over my 1921 coroner\u2019s inquest request. Some county courts hold court every day, and \u201ccourt days\u201d are not a problem. In smaller or more rural counties, \u201ccourt day\u201d is busier than usual, and office staff may be dealing with the current schedule of cases. Non-court days may be extremely slow, and if you can find out beforehand which days these are, you may be better off\u2014on a \u201cslow day\u201d you may have an easier time getting your questions answered.</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"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><span class="gmail-subhead" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">Do Not Wear White Clothes</span></strong><br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">At one courthouse, I was allowed into the basement where many of the older records were kept. However, it was dusty and dirty. Dress clothes were definitely not needed for work in this environment. Had my wife been wearing heels, climbing around and stepping over boxes and other materials would have been difficult. Dress as if you were going to a \u201cwork\u201d day at a church or school. Don\u2019t wear anything really ratty, since the office staff might not take you as seriously. But also don\u2019t wear anything too \u201cdressy,\u201d since it might hinder your ability to work with the older records.</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"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><span class="gmail-subhead" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">Where Can You Eat?</span></strong><br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">One county seat I visited was in a very small town with no restaurant. This didn\u2019t go over very well with my wife and children. Fortunately, there was a diner in a nearby town. Determine before making a trip if there is a motel in the town or in a town nearby. Will you be driving thirty miles for a chain motel? If you are used to interstate travel and a choice of motels and eating establishments at nearly every exit, you may be in for a rude awakening if your courthouse travel takes you into rural, isolated territory. Juice boxes and pre-packaged food that does not melt in your car or in your hands may \u201ctide you over\u201d until your research at the facility is complete.</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" style="" size="4"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><span class="gmail-subhead" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">Smile, Be Personable, and Make Chit-chat</span></strong><br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">In some courthouses, you may be the only entertainment. While it\u2019s not necessary to put on a show, being friendly and making a certain amount of \u201csmall talk\u201d may significantly impact your ability to access records. In one office, the more I made small talk, the more records the clerk happened to mention that he had in his \u201cpersonal\u201d collection of published materials that he happened to keep at the courthouse.</font></p></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(70,112,127);font-size:16px"><font face="georgia, serif">------------------</font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(70,112,127);font-size:16px"><font face="georgia, serif">Buy Me A Coffee?<br>-------------------</font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(70,112,127);font-size:16px"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(70,112,127)"><font size="3" face="georgia, serif">Finding our newsletters helpful? You can virtually "buy me a coffee" as a way of showing your support. It's a one-time only thing--no recurring charges. 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