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 […]
Due to response and to help me stay organized, we are no longer taking registrations for the United States land class after 11:00 pm 4 October 2016. Details are here.
Always keep in the back of your head that children you think are full siblings could be half-siblings or step-siblings as well. Some records will not make the distinction clear. Frequently those details get sorted out when inheritances are settled.
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