New Year Resolutions
1. Spend less time with my family. How can I get my research done and tell them where they came from if I spend all my spare time hanging around with them? 2. Write something for the blog twice a …
Category: Miscellaneous
Goals for 2010
I don’t remember setting any specific genealogy goals last year. Although about midway through the year I did start trying to clear out some boxes of stuff in my home office. And I have been working at documenting my facts …
Look and Look Again Part Two
In my last post I threatened to tell you several stories regarding the fruits of giving things a second look and now I am going to make good on that threat. What should you revisit when doing your genealogical research? …
Visiting with a new “cousin”
I recently made a day trip with a friend, to visit her brother and sister-in-law. My friend’s family is related to the Coffin family and I am too. Her sister-in-law is very interested in genealogy and so it makes sense …
Look and Look Again Part One or My Most Embarrassing Genealogical Moment
We have all been told many times the value of looking again at the information we have accumulated and revisiting sources we have used in the past when trying to make progress in our family histories. We simply cannot stress …
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