While preparing for an upcoming conference, I fired off a response to an email–answering the question the way it “usually” was answered for most conferences. The problem was that this conference was difference and my mistake was in reliance upon my memory. Is there a piece of information an ancestor provided on a document that might have been solely from his memory, given “off the cuff?” And perhaps his or her error was a very honest one, not given to deceive or confuse, but merely done so quickly “off the top of his head.” And 100 years later, his descendant analyzes it do death when it was originally a very simple error. ———————————— Check out GenealogyBank’s Offer for Tip of the Day Fans!
We’ve added one new webinar to our March 2012 series–and we’re really excited about it. Our new session is “Searching on Fold3.com.” This website (fee-based) offers a variety of military records from the United States. Fold3 has a large amount of material from the Revolutionary War and also includes digital images of National Archives microfilmed material from later United States conflicts as well. You can check out the information on Fold3 by browsing their website. Our Fold3 webinar is on 6 March 2012 at 1:30 PM central time. Visit our webinar registration page for more details and registration links. ———————————— Check out GenealogyBank’s Offer for Tip of the Day Fans!
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