There are times where seeing things on your screen or being able to search quickly to “figure out who someone is” isn’t quite enough–at least for me. I’ve been working on my Ostfriesen families and the similarity of the names can lead to confusion. There are times where the names Antje Jurgens Ehmen Antje Tonjes Ehmen, Tonjes Jurgens Ehmen, Jurgen Ehmen, Willm Jurgens Ehmen, and Willm Tonjes Ehmen start to run together to the point where I’m about ready to start looking for Tonjes Antje Ehmen (there was no such person). These individuals are all children or grandchildren of the same ancestral couple (and there are more similar names that are not included here). To keep me organized and to where I don’t have to search for them […]
We’ve moved the start date for our Genealogy Methods Class to 21 Oct–so there’s still time to join us! Details are on our announcement page.
If you are taking a trip to a genealogical library, browsing the stacks can be a great way to find and locate materials that could be helpful in your research. However… There is also the card catalog and that needs to be used. Books may be catalogued for more than one county or location but they can only physically be in one place in the bookshelves. A book may contain Revolutionary war materials on Bedford and Amherst Counties in Virginia, but it cannot be in two places at once. A card catalog search for either county will locate the book in the catalog and then it can be located on the shelf. If you only browse the shelf for one county, you may miss it.
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