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Honoring My Pioneer Ancestors

July 24, 2020
by Alice Childs Discover Your Heritage

On July 24 we celebrate Pioneer Day in Utah. It's an official state holiday commemorating the arrival of Brigham Young and the first group of Mormon pioneers into the Salt Lake valley on July 24, 1847. They were looking for a place of refuge after ...

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The French Republican Calendar

July 10, 2020
by Alice Childs Locality Research

I recently completed a client project in which one of the objectives was to verify the genealogically significant information in some German and French birth, marriage, and death records. As I was abstracting the French records, I noticed some unfam ...

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4 Favorite Sources for Researching Ancestors in the United States

July 3, 2020
by Alice Childs Friday FavoritesHow To's and Helps

As we in the United States celebrate the birth of our nation on the 4th of July, I thought it would be fun to share four of my favorite sources for discovering more about U.S. ancestors.  While a large number of record types exist and I've been learn ...

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Finding William’s Father: My Research Plan

June 30, 2020
by Alice Childs DNA

In the last post in this series, I discussed locality research as well as ethnicity estimates from Ancestry and MyHeritage.  The next step in my project is to create a research plan for both DNA and traditional genealogy research.  Her ...

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5 Power Tools for Genealogists

June 26, 2020
by Alice Childs Friday FavoritesHow To's and Helps

As I have been preparing to submit my 4-generation project for accreditation through ICAPGen, I have spent over 1,000 hours on genealogy research and education in the last 15 months.  Between that and the creation of my website, client work, and writ ...

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Book Review: Lady Clementine by Marie Benedict

June 19, 2020
by Alice Childs Friday Favorites

I discovered author Marie Benedict during a trip to Warwick's book store in San Diego in February. Benedict's book Lady Clementine was one of the staff picks of the month, and because I am a historical fiction fan, I was intrigued. Benedict's bio o ...

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Finding William’s Father: DNA Ethnicity Estimates and Locality Research

June 17, 2020
by Alice Childs DNALocality Research

I have been working through the steps to complete a project in which I am trying to discover the name of my 3x great-grandfather using DNA and traditional genealogical research.  I’m using my Dad’s DNA reports at Ancestry and MyHeritage for this proj ...

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Finding William’s Father: New Leads

June 3, 2020
by Alice Childs DNA

I have been working on a personal DNA project, "Finding William's Father," a little at a time over the last few weeks. In my last post, I wrote about using the AutoClustering tool at Genetic Affairs.  Over the last couple of weeks, I was able to dete ...

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Surrounded by Love

May 18, 2020
by Alice Childs Gather Your Tribe

Have you been participating in the 21-Day Connections Experiment?  It's an informal experiment based on the idea that having stronger family connections, including a personal understanding of your family’s history, can lead to increased resilience, u ...

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Finding William’s Father: DNA Cluster Analysis

May 5, 2020
by Alice Childs DNA

Last weekend while working on my DNA project, Finding William's Father, I uploaded DNA data to MyHeritage and Gedmatch. While waiting for the DNA to finish processing, I created a timeline of Ann Munford's life and analyzed my sources. This past we ...

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