Written By: Pam Holland & Jayne McGarvey. Introduction. No matter how experienced you are as a genealogist, it is always worth constructing/reconstructing a timeline for a given ancestor. The main purpose of such a timeline is to lay out the … [Read more...]
Quick Win: Difference Between a Transcript and an Original Record.
Written By: Pam Holland. Introduction. When we search on websites like Ancestry and FamilySearch the results we get are almost always a transcript or excerpt of the original record. Because the original record may hold more information or may have … [Read more...]
Quick Win: Gather All Available Family History.
Written By: Jayne McGarvey. Introduction. Before you start to search for additional information on an individual ancestor or couple it can be very helpful to take the time to collate everything you already have. This might sound obvious, but as our … [Read more...]
Quick Win: Set Your Research Goals.
Written By: Jayne McGarvey. Introduction. Deciding what you aiming to find and uncover is the most important part of your research. You are the person in charge. Try not to make your task harder than it needs to be. Start with smaller goals that … [Read more...]
Quick Win: Beware Date Formats.
Written By: Jayne McGarvey. Introduction. Getting the date correct is a basic requirement of good genealogy research. As we all realise, different dating systems are used in different parts of the world. Look at a date recorded as 03/13/1875 and it … [Read more...]
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