A few things to remember: back up your data files duplicate any pictures you’ve not duplicated work on identifying any pictures you’ve not identified are there any relatives you’ve not contacted or asked questions of? organize any images you’ve recently downloaded
Happy 4th of July from Genealogy Tip of the Day! Celebrate the day whether your ancestor was a Revolutionary Patriot, gave material aid during the war, or an 19th century immigrant.
Online sources are not all bad. Online materials take several forms: digital images of actual records digital images of published books online indexes and finding aids online compilations Ideally one finds as many “actual records” as possible–it doesn’t matter whether they are accessed digitally or not. Published books (whether accessed on paper or electronically) are also good to reference. Online indexes and finding aids should lead you to the records that were used to create them. Online compilations (including the “trees”) should be used with care and validated where possible The reason to try and utilize offline materials is that not everything created is available online. Online materials are those that either someone has decided has enough market value to put online or someone has taken an interest in. Some […]
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