Welcome to the first of three blog posts about our upcoming Merging and Separating Identities course—where we tackle one of genealogy’s toughest challenges: distinguishing between same-named individuals—and today we’re starting with the single most essential technique taught in the course that transforms overwhelming chaos into clarity. One Technique That Transforms Chaos into Clarity: Organizing Your Merging and Separating Cases If you’ve ever stared at a mountain of records for multiple same-named individuals and felt completely...