Our goals here at Genealogy Tip of the Day are simple for the most part. They are generally to get readers thinking about:
- the research process
- what they find
- analyzing what they find
- their assumptions about research and their ancestors
- terminology and language used in records
- the history, culture, and environment in which their ancestors lived
And we try to be short—that’s sometimes the difficult part. Tips are not meant to be verbose or lengthy discussions. The intent is to make people aware or to remind them of a topic, concept, term, etc. Longer discussions are posted on my Rootdig blog.
But we are thankful for all who participate in Genealogy Tip of the Day in any way, shape, or form (including our Facebook page)–even if you don’t purchase a book.
And thanks to all who have helped make our page what it is.
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Bought your book at the Ohio Genealogy conference. Just finished reading it. Really enjoyed all the info it included. Alot of it included things I know and/or current use in my research but I was happily surprised at how much information I had never thought of or had never used. Thank you for the info and advice that certainly will improve my research skills.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for posting a comment.
So how do people break down the inordinate number of tasks associated with doing a family tree, and establish what the boundaries are?
I have no interest in recording my ‘second cousin twice removed’ sort of stuff. Just the basic tree. But finding it difficult to keep it simple..
It can be difficult to focus. I focus on direct line ancestors, their children and their grandchildren–at least most of the time. That’s enough to keep me occupied and usually enough to help me locate extra clues on direct line ancestors that may be missed otherwise. Occasionally I may go just a bit further if something really intrigues me or if I’m working on a DNA match, but usually I stay that close. I know people who go as far down as you mention or further, but I generally don’t do that.