Tag: family history

Nicholas Pearsall helps us to clean up hints on Ancestry and sort through nonsense on FamilySearch (YouTube)

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Ancestry, Best Evidence, Best Practices, FamilySearch, History, How To, How to Think, Research, Teaching, YouTube

Getting info from a census record that only shows boarders; deriving surnames and relationships (YouTube)

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Ancestry, Best Evidence, Best Practices, Census, Documents, Federal Census, History, Names, Possible Parents, Reparational Genealogy, Research, Tips and Tricks, YouTube

Don’t shout on public trees (YouTube)

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Ancestry, Ancestry.com, Best Practices, FamilySearch, How To, How to Think, Names, Tips and Tricks, YouTube

How not to be offensive on FamilySearch (YouTube)

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Best Evidence, Best Practices, FamilySearch, History, How To, Reparational Genealogy, Research, Tips and Tricks, YouTube

On FamilySearch, merge duplicates of bad profiles from GEDCOMs when you can (YouTube)

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Best Evidence, Best Practices, FamilySearch, How To, Names, Research, Teaching, Tips and Tricks, YouTube

Ancestors Alive! on YouTube

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AI, Ancestry, Ancestry.com, Best Evidence, Best Practices, Birth Records, Census, Courtesy, dates, Death Records, Documents, FamilySearch, Find-a-Grave, How To, Learning, Names, Newspapers.com, Public Records, Research, Teaching, YouTube

I have discontinued my Patreon in favor of growing my YouTube channel, but I’m still playing catch-up here. I’ll post videos every few days. It would be a great support to my work if you would subscribe, like, tap the bell for notifications, and say or ask something in the comments.

PODCAST Ep 601: Confirmation Bias, Ethel McKinney, Harley Bowers, and Solon Selleck

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PODCAST Ep 601: Confirmation Bias, Ethel McKinney, Harley Bowers, and Solon Selleck
#BioADay2022, Best Evidence, Best Practices, Biography, Death Records, Documents, FamilySearch, Google Maps, How To, How to Think, Names, Newspapers.com, Podcast, Podcast episode, Public Records, Research

First off, welcome back – to us all! Glad to be recording again. This season will be all about confirmation bias and the many ways it can get in the way of writing accurate life stories. My focus has been on FamilySearch in the past few years, so we’ll be talking about writing those Brief … Read More “PODCAST Ep 601: Confirmation Bias, Ethel McKinney, Harley Bowers, and Solon Selleck” »

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NEW: Weekly Lessons on Sundays via Zoom!

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NEW: Weekly Lessons on Sundays via Zoom!
Ancestry, Best Evidence, Best Practices, Facebook group, FamilySearch, How To, How to Think, Patreon, Reparational Genealogy, Zoom

Want to start learning the basics of how to use logic as well as rules to assemble a strong online family tree? It’s all happening! Starting April 7th at 7pm Eastern Time, I’m teaching a new series: How to Think About Genealogy. Collectively, we’ll examine problems and solutions in Ancestry and FamilySearch. Maybe we’ll work … Read More “NEW: Weekly Lessons on Sundays via Zoom!” »

YouTube: Please Subscribe!

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Accessible, Ancestry, Ancestry.com, YouTube, Zazzle

Hi all! I am inching my way toward new podcast episodes, but in the meantime, please subscribe to my YouTube channel. You’ll find all of my podcast episodes, with captioned for the hearing impaired. If you find a video that ISN’T captioned, let me know and you’ll get a surprise from my Zazzle shop! My … Read More “YouTube: Please Subscribe!” »