Posts in August 15, 2024

A genealogist needs to act like they are three years old sometimes. That does not mean having a tantrum at the vital records clerk when you are denied access to your third cousin’s birth certificate. That means asking “why?” when you read something in a record, you learn that your ancestor did something, or you find a new spelling of an ancestral name? Why did they put that down as a wrong place of birth? Why did my ancestor move to Ohio in 1817? Why did the name get spelled that unusual way? Questioning gets you thinking and thinking usually is good for your research.