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Giveaways and a New Record Collection

December 10, 2019
by Alice Childs with No Comment The Weekly Review

Last week I announced that I am giving away a 4-day pass to Roots Tech 2020. If you will be in Salt Lake City (or are willing to travel) February 26-29, 2020, head to this post to see all the details about entering. Roots Tech is an amazing confere ...

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Gratitude and Thanksgiving

November 23, 2019
by Alice Childs with One Comment Mid-Atlantic ResearchMy Accreditation JourneyThe Weekly Review

I can't believe it's almost Thanksgiving! It's my favorite holiday, and I am looking forward to spending time celebrating everything I am thankful for with extended family this week. I have a gratitude project I will be completing over the nex ...

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Reflection: Research Like a Pro With DNA Study Group

November 16, 2019
by Alice Childs with No Comment DNAResearch Like a Pro Study GroupThe Weekly Review

The last two weeks have been busy ones! The bulk of my time was spent completing the report for my Research Like a Pro with DNA study group. It was exciting to organize everything I had discovered and write an analysis and conclusions along with fu ...

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Family History Consultant Resources

November 2, 2019
by Alice Childs with No Comment The Weekly Review

I have been busy following my research plan for the Research Like a Pro with DNA study group this week. Research planning really makes a project flow smoothly.  As I worked, I had my research log open on one screen, and my plan open on the other.  Be ...

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I Love That I Can Work From Anywhere

October 26, 2019
by Alice Childs with No Comment The Weekly Review

One of the things I love about working as a genealogist is that I can work from anywhere!  All I need are my laptop and an internet connection and I'm good to go.  This week my husband was attending a conference in Las Vegas and I tagg ...

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Family History Tools and Resources

October 19, 2019
by Alice Childs with No Comment The Weekly Review

This week I have been having fun working on my project for the Research Like a Pro With DNA study group I am participating in. I have been learning so much! I wrote two articles to share what I've been doing. First, in Discovering Ancestor Migrati ...

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Discover, Gather, and Connect

October 12, 2019
by Alice Childs with 2 Comments DNAGather Your TribeResearch Like a Pro Study GroupThe Weekly Review

This week I helped a young woman discover some of her ancestors. She previously didn’t even know her grandparents’ full names. She was able to track down their names, and we entered them into her new FamilySearch account. One of her grandfathers is ...

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Learning More About DNA Matches

September 30, 2019
by Alice Childs with No Comment DNAThe Weekly Review

This week I  worked on a timeline analysis for the subject of my DNA research objective for the Research Like a Pro With DNA Study Group I am currently participating in.  I also continued charting DNA matches using Lucidchart.  It's be ...

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A Deep Dive into Polish Research

August 24, 2019
by Alice Childs with 4 Comments The Weekly Review

This has been an exciting and productive week!  I began a new project that involves two new-to-me areas of genealogical research - Poland and DNA.  I have begun a project in which the objective is to extend the ancestry of a client whose pa ...

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