Sometimes writing tips is like shooting at a moving target. I have readers with a wide variety of skill levels, research experience, and non-genealogy backgrounds. Consequently I try and have tips that may help those at a variety of levels. What’s new to you may be old hat to someone else and vice versa.
Our real goal is to get you to thinking about your research–with the idea that it is easy for any of us to occasionally overlook an approach, a resource, or a technique.
That’s another reason why I usually write tips as I’m actually researching. I think that’s the best way to keep them as “fresh” as possible. That’s also why you may notice them in spurts on certain topics–I don’t really schedule them out as far in advance as I sometimes should. And that’s also why I only write tips about things where I at least know something. It’s easy enough to make the occasional mistake on a topic with which I’m familiar. It’s easier to do that if I write about something with which I’m unfamiliar–so I don’t.
Thanks for reading and for being a part of Genealogy Tip of the Day. It is appreciated.
—Michael
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Likewise, thank YOU for taking the time to write up these tips. I am learning quite a bit, despite how many years I’ve been plugging away at it. 🙂
Since most of us are at least partially self-taught, we all have things we should have learned at the beginning, but didn’t, I think. I appreciate all your tips, for newbies and for advanced family historians!
All your posts are good reminders or new information that we can use.
Ur comments & tips r quite helpful . They make me think, look over & figure things out by looking at the same things from a different angle or website.