Posts in January 9, 2022

After years of work and some false starts, I was able to add the names of a new-to-me fourth-great-grandfather and his parents to my family tree. It’s been many years since I had a new name to add and it’s time for me to go back and do some of those beginning things when I’ve located a new ancestor. Briefly those things are: familiarize myself with the geographic area in which the families lived, the history, and the extant sources. search the genealogical literature for articles on these families. review my autosomal DNA matches to see if there are trees that include these families. evaluate information on these “new” ancestors to make certain that the information makes sense, is consistent, and does not have gaps in logic or […]