04 July 2011

Problem Solving

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Problem Solving From the Ancestry Daily News 11 May 2005 As a math professor, I am always asked what mathematics has to do with genealogy. P...

Problem Solving: An Example--

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Problem Solving: An Example From the Ancestry Daily News 18 May 2005 Thanks to all who sent me additional problem solving strategies based u...
03 July 2011

July 4th Offer on Casefile Clues

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At last count, I had at least three ancestors who were in the Revolutionary War or provided patriotic service: John Tinsley, of Amherst Coun...
23 June 2011

My Ancestor’s John Hancock

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My Ancestor’s John Hancock (originally published in the Ancestry Daily News on 16 November 2005) Whether he signed with a flourish, scribbl...

40 Issues of Casefile Clues for $10

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I won't repeat the list of topics here, but we're offering the first 40 issues of Year 2 of Casefile Clues for $10--check out the li...
21 June 2011

Blog Reading

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I'll be perfectly frank. I don't read many genealogy blogs. There are many reasons for this, but the following things cause me to cl...
09 June 2011

Unexpected Guardianship

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This really was an unexpected discovery when I was at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City last month. In some "spare" ti...
03 June 2011

Why You Should Read Those "Intro" Materials

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This is a page that appears before a microfilmed copy of declarations of intent for Hamilton County, Ohio between 1848-1851 (Family History...
02 June 2011

Thinking About the Allen County Public Library for my Group Trip

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I'm starting to think about what I'm going to research while I'm at the Allen County Public Library in Ft. Wayne in August with ...
01 June 2011

Casefile Clues for Beginners Get Free Problem-Solving Article

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Subscribers to Casefile Clues for Beginners will get a free copy of my article from 2010: "Problem-Solving." Previous subscribers...
31 May 2011

Making a "Bee" to Move the Fence

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In reviewing material from a Civil War pension file, I came across a deposition that partially confused me. Ira Boyd is making testimony in...
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30 May 2011

Back From Salt Lake

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I've just returned from my annual research trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake . I had a really great time and made a few mi...
28 May 2011

Ancestry.com's Search Comments, etc.

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Here's my take on Ancestry.com's search: 1) I like the proximity feature. However, I do wonder what map or database they used to det...
24 May 2011

2012 Family History Library Trip

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We have set the dates for our 2012 Family History Research Trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City--start at 6:30 on Wednesday ...
13 May 2011

1900 US Census Occupations

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Made this discovery on Google Books today. Not time to prattle on about it, but it is a listing of occupations as sampled from the 1900 cens...
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11 May 2011

Casefile Clues for Beginners

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At the request of some readers and survey takers, we are trying out a "beginning" version of Casefile Clues, yet unnamed. More det...

Memory Medallions, etc.

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Mark me down on the cynical side, but I don't think I want someone sticking one of these on my ancestor's tombstone. 1) Who decides ...

NGS Casefile Clues Offer

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You can still take advantage of an NGS offer on Casefile Clues even if you are not at the conference. Through the conference, you can subscr...
10 May 2011

Family Search's Civil War Database Search

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Family Search has a special site to search just their Civil War materials . I'm a little bit confused. This is the search screen I got w...

Family Search Releases Draft Registration Cards, compiled 1948-1959

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Just for these two states, FamilySearch released Draft Registration Cards, compiled 1948-1959 : Arkansas Louisiana

Why To Transcribe Exactly

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There are many reasons to transcribe a document exactly. This letter taken from the Georgia Confederate Pension application of H. W. Rucker ...
05 May 2011

Ancestry.com's Updating of Databases

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I wish the Ancestry.com blog had some real information about their new or recently updated databases in it--instead of being vastly marketin...
04 May 2011

All Have A Leaf But The Guy I Want

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I have several private trees at Ancestry.com . I largely use them to keep track of things I have already found on Ancestry.com , particularl...
02 May 2011

Free Copy of article "Brick Walls from A to Z"

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I'll send a free copy of my article "Genealogy Brick Walls from A to Z" to anyone who wants it. Requests can be sent to brickw...

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Don't get me wrong. I get a great deal of good information from the Family History Library in Salt Lake. But their catalog was created b...