Blog – Page 25 – Family Locket

How to Unmerge People of the Same Name on the FamilySearch Family Tree

As I mentioned in my last post about the “Other Relationships” feature at FamilySearch, I’ve been updating the FamilySearch Family Tree with my conclusions about my husband’s 3rd-great-grandmother, Barsheba (Tharp) Dyer (1813-1899), and her ancestral line. I had written a proof argument and a couple research reports that I wanted to upload to the memories and sources sections of the relevant ancestors. I also wanted to attach important sources. When I got to Barsheba Tharp’s […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer June 24, 2023 FamilySearch FamilyTree, Research Tips

RLP 258: Saving Views of your Airtable Research Log

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about using Airtable for a genealogy research log and how to configure and save different views of your tables. Tables are like pages within a spreadsheet. In your research log table, you may have many entries of various record types. You may want to filter to just see tax records, then group them by tax district, especially if you’re studying many people with the same name. After […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer June 19, 2023 Podcast

Other Relationships on FamilySearch

A couple years ago I completed a proof argument that Lewis Tharp was the father of Barsheba Tharp. This week I’ve been updating the FamilySearch Family Tree with the information and sources I included in that proof argument. One of the details I found in a Hawkins County deed connected Barsheba’s brother, William Tharp, to Rebecca Tharp, formerly Rebecca Vernon. I found Abraham Vernon’s will and it mentioned his widow, Rebecca. Abraham’s will also mentioned […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer June 15, 2023 FamilySearch FamilyTree, Research Tips

RLP 257: Alford/Johnson Project – Interview with Michelle Mickelson Part 1

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about the Family Locket Genealogists project to write up our client’s research about James William Johnson and his origins. In episode 256, we interviewed James Wesley Johnson about his ancestor James William Johnson and the discovery that James was actually Patrick Alford. James asked Family Locket to verify his research and write up the research professionally. Michelle Mickelson, one of our researchers, took on this task, and […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer June 12, 2023 Podcast

Back to the Basics with Marriage Records Part 3: Church Marriage Records

Church marriage records are a common record set used in genealogy research for many European countries. Church marriage records can also be found in U.S. research. Depending on the time period and state, you may find Church of England parish marriage records, like in colonial Virginia, Catholic church marriages, Lutheran church marriages, and so forth. Determining the religion of your ancestors can help you determine which church they may have been married in. Civil marriage […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer June 10, 2023 Records, Research Tips

RLP 256: Alford/Johnson Research – Interview with James Johnson

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is an interview with James Wesley Johnson, author of A Horse, A Gunfight, And The Law: A Historical Account of Our Alfords in Texas, and a client of Family Locket Genealogists. He hired us to help verify his family research that uncovered a family secret kept for over 100 years. Join us for a discussion of southern roots, horse thieves, gunfights, the law, and how documentary evidence and […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer June 5, 2023 Podcast

Psychological Benefits of Family History Research

In 2022, three Brigham Young University professors published a paper dealing with the psychological benefits of conducting family history work: Barry M. Lunt, Kelly R. Summers, David A. Wood, “Improving Psychological Well-Being of Young Adults by Conducting Family History Research at a Religious University,” The Journal of Genealogy and Family History 6 (2022): 66-73. You can read the article at https://doi.org/10.24240/23992964.2023.1234541. It shows that those who participate more in family history work have higher self-esteem, reduced anxiety, […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer June 4, 2023 Creating and Sharing Family History, Families and Children

RLP 255: The Education of Bobby Gene Shults

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about Diana’s 52 Ancestors post in response to the prompt about an ancestor who was the first to graduate from high school or attend college. Diana wrote about her father, Bobby Gene Shults, the first of his ancestors to graduate from college. We review Bob’s autobiographical life story and discuss his schooling from the 1930s to the 1950s. Bob made use of the GI bill to help […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer May 29, 2023 Podcast

At the Cemetery: Ed and Florence Kelsey

Do you have memories of visiting the cemetery as a child on Memorial Day or other special days? My maternal grandparents are both buried in my hometown, and we decorated their graves every Memorial Day without fail. We would pick the May flowers and make beautiful baskets of iris and lilacs to fasten to the ground in front of the headstones. This tradition cemented in my child’s mind the importance of remembering those who […]

By Diana Elder May 28, 2023 Creating and Sharing Family History

RLP 254: Out of Place: Edward Raymond Kelsey and The Hobo Life

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about Diana’s 52 ancestors post with the prompt “out of place.” She chose to write about her maternal grandfather, Edward Raymond Kelsey. After high school and a few years working at the railroad, he decided to become a hobo. This was about 1905. He stayed in hobo camps along the railroad lines and traveled throughout the northwest on the trains. Join us as we study the family […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer May 22, 2023 Podcast