I recently wrote a guest article for Family Locket titled "FamilySearch Timeline Features Help You Research Like a Pro." It's all about using the timeline (including the latest feature - historical events) and maps found on each person's page to he ...
The 7th lesson in my Research Like a Pro Study group is "Report Writing." I was excited about my findings during the research phase of the study group, and anxious to begin writing my report. I have read other research reports and I felt like I und ...
Church records have been very valuable as I have researched the family of Jacob Fisher in Pennsylvania. Since the formal registration of births, marriages, and deaths in the state didn't begin until the late 1800s and even into the early 1900's, I h ...
A friend shared this poem with me a few weeks ago and I had to pass it along. Sometimes it seems that the more mysteries I solve, the more I uncover! One day I was sure the truth I had found! Determined to turn this thing upside down, I looked u ...
The latest assignment in my Research Like a Pro study Group was to follow my Research Plan and keep track of my research using a research log. This is the first time I have used a formal research log, and I discovered that it takes discipline! Wh ...
As I have been researching Jacob Fisher in Northampton County, Pennsylvania for my Research Like a Pro Study Group, I have found some great records! One record set that I am really excited to have discovered is Pennsylvania Archives. These volumes ...
This week's lesson for my Research Like a Pro Study Group has been all about source citations. In addition to the great information provided by Diana Elder in our Study Group and in her book, Research Like a Pro: A Genealogist's Guide, I have been ...
When I was a beginning family history researcher, I often wondered, "How many sources do I need to have to be confident that a person is in the correct family? As I have grown into my role as a genealogist, I have come to understand the need to ...
The latest assignment in my Research Like a Pro Study Group involved research planning. I have already created a research objective, analyzed existing sources by creating a timeline of known information, analyzed each piece of known information, and ...
In the book Genealogy Standards, second edition by the Board for Certification of Genealogists, "evidence" is defined as: A research question's tentative answer, which can be right or wrong, complete or incomplete, or vague or specific; can be dir ...
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