Are you trying too hard to make things fit when they actually don’t? Are people that you think are the same really two different people? Is one entry in a record a mistake which is the reason why it is inconsistent with other records? Are you insisting that every document you discover be completely accurate agree with everything else? And are you willing to admit when you are incorrect? It may rarely happen, but occasionally…. ———————————— Check out GenealogyBank’s Offer for Tip of the Day Fans!
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When a document is located on a relative, look at the pages before and after the document for additional references to your relative. Deeds sometimes get recorded in “batches,” when it is realized that they were forgotten. Children sometimes get baptized in groups when a minister finally arrives or someone decides it is time. And occasionally there is a supplemental death certificate when a correction needs to be made. Indexes will take you to a direct, exact page. It’s up to you to turn a few pages before and after that page to see if there’s an additional find. ———————————— Check out GenealogyBank’s Offer for Tip of the Day Fans!
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When you read through your research notes, summaries, commentaries, etc. is it always clear to whom you are referring when you use the word “she,” “he,” “they,” etc.? Pronouns are great, but if you are writing about several people and then starting using “she” or “he” are the references clear from the context? If not, consider re-writing or re-phrasing. Thomas Smith and Henry Johnson arrived in Colusa County, California, in 1856. Then he married one of the daughters of Jackson Brown and they moved to Oregon. Who got married to the daughter of Jackson Brown? It’s not clear, is it? ———————————— Check out GenealogyBank’s Offer for Tip of the Day Fans!
When transcribing a document that has one word that is difficult to read, try typing in the mystery word and two words before it and two words after it. You may get some suggestions in your search results. Of course search results may not indicate what the mystery word is in your document, but they may give you some ideas. ———————————— Check out GenealogyBank’s Offer for Tip of the Day Fans!
Your ancestors did not have to “prove” anything when the census taker came to the door. They could get by just answering the questions and if the answers were totally wrong or just a “little off,” the census taker might not even know. This does not mean that every census enumeration is wrong or that everyone lied on the census. But it does mean that an age that is slightly off or a birth place that isn’t quite right is not usually enough to throw an entire theory out the window. But then again, there’s always that chance that great-great-grandma fudged the number of years married to make a few things fit–for those census records that asked that question. ———————————— Check out GenealogyBank’s Offer for Tip of the […]
When was the last time you reviewed material or information you obtained in the early days of your research? Did you neglect to indicate where something was originally located? Did you simply copy something from a website or book without considering that it could be wrong? Most of us did those things early in our research–but are there still items of that type lurking in your files or database causing those “brick walls” we all complain about? Now that you’re a little more seasoned, review what you did in the early days and see if you still agree with yourself. ———————————— Check out GenealogyBank’s Offer for Tip of the Day Fans!
Was your ancestor institutionalized for a short time or for the last few years of their life? If so, they might have died a distance from where they actually lived. Records of the actual institution may be closed, but there might be local court records of the institutionalization. People who were sent to institutions weren’t always “crazy,” but might have simply needed more care than the family could give. And they might have been buried on the grounds of the institution–leaving no tombstone behind either. ———————————— Check out GenealogyBank’s Offer for Tip of the Day Fans!
Genealogists usually never look for original deed records–instead we utilize record copies at the local county courthouse. If you can’t find marriage and other records of your ancestor, is it possible that “copies” of these records had to be filed elsewhere? Official copies of marriage records often appear widow’s pension applications. Official copies of naturalizations appear in homestead records. Ask yourself, “would my ancestor have had to prove” a marriage, naturalization, etc.? If so, where might those records be? ———————————— Check out GenealogyBank’s Offer for Tip of the Day Fans!
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Are there any relatives you have not talked to since you’ve made “discoveries?” Sometimes new information gives you ideas for new questions to ask family members you have already interviewed. And sometimes a new last or first name helps jog someone’s memory and gets them remembering things that they could not recall before. And sometimes it irritates them and they “clam up.” But then again, that’s always a clue too! ———————————— Check out GenealogyBank’s Offer for Tip of the Day Fans!
Might does not make right. The obituary appears in three newspapers. Just because his mother’s name is the same in all three doesn’t mean it’s “right” because it appears the same in more than one place. But you still need to look in multiple newspapers for obituaries (and other items) because what one paper published may be different from what another one published. ———————————— Check out GenealogyBank’s Offer for Tip of the Day Fans!
they promise to solve a problem–no matter what they guarantee an answer within a set number of hours they refuse to give any physical address or references You can still have problems, but these things are red flags for me. Professional researchers promise to diligently search specific records and interpret their findings. They don’t guarantee to find anything. ———————————— Check out GenealogyBank’s Offer for Tip of the Day Fans!
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