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Don’t look at just the alphabetical names in a city directory. There may be directories of businessmen that could provide more detail about your ancestor who owned a small shop, was a tradesman, etc. Rural directories may list owners of specific types of livestock in special sections and some even list who owned what type of automobiles. City directories may also have reverse directories in the “back” of the book. The point? Get away from the alphabetical list and you may learn even more about your ancestor. ———————————— Check out GenealogyBank’s Offer for Tip of the Day Fans!
The marquee said “DOS GUYS” in all capital letters. I never went to hear them perform, so I cannot really be certain what the “DOS” meant. For the longest time I thought it meant 2 guys–the “DOS” being the Spanish word for two. Later it dawned on me that “DOS” could have been an spelling for “those” based upon the way some people say the word “those” to where it sounds like “does” or “dos.” And “DOS” could stand for the old computer operating system referred to as “dos.” This might be a stretch, but someone familiar with Spanish might think the word means “two,” the person who says “those” like “dose” might think it means “those,” and the computer geek might think it stands for Disk Operating […]
Set a date to periodically review those families you have not worked on in a while. It can be easy to get wrong ideas, misconceptions, or incorrect memories about your families in your head when information has not been viewed in some time. New databases or websites might have become available since you last looked at the family or you might have learned more about research in general since you last worked on the family. Maybe your ancestor’s birthday, anniversary, etc. would make a good day to annually review your files–especially on those people you gave up on or thought you had “completed.” ———————————— Check out GenealogyBank’s Offer for Tip of the Day Fans!
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