Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about identifying a bondsman from a marriage bond in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, in 1860. The marriage record book included several parts, including a bond and license. The bondsman for Jacob Meyer and Sophia Schlessinger was Daniel Wilson. Who was he? Was he related to the bride or groom? Join us as we discuss. Transcript Nicole (0s): This is Research Like A Pro. episode 234 Louisiana Marriage Bond...
If you’ve started working to add DNA evidence to your family history research, you may need a way to track your progress. I developed the Airtable base template titled “Track Your Ancestral Research” in September 2022 and recently added fields and bases to track DNA information. You can access the template with added DNA fields and tables on Airtable Universe. When you click the link, you’ll be able to explore the base and make a...
Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about marriage bonds in the United States. We discuss the history of marriage bonds, which states use marriage bonds, and go over several examples. We also discuss researching the bondsman to figure out how he was related to the bride and groom. Transcript Nicole (0s): This is Research Like A Pro. episode 233 Marriage Bonds Welcome to Research Like a Pro a genealogy podcast about taking your...
Steve Little, one of our Research Like a Pro with DNA 4 Study Group members, wrote this guest blog post about how he uses diagrams to help visualize the multiple relationships with his DNA matches. He is from a community of mild endogamy — Appalachia. I hope his insights will help anyone dealing with multiple relationships with DNA matches, pedigree collapse, and endogamy. -Nicole Don’t panic! At first glance, the swirling tangle of lines below...
Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about Marsha Hoffman Rising’s book, The Family Tree Problem Solver. Originally published in 2005, with a second edition in 2011, and a third edition in 2019, this book is a great resource for learning how to overcome challenges in our family tree. She covers difficult record types, record loss, cluster methodology, and more. Join us as we discuss several tips from the book and our thoughts about...
Have you ever researched a friend, associate, or neighbor to figure out how they were related to your research subject? Often, a marriage bondsman is related to the bride or groom, so researching them may prove a fruitful avenue of research. In my last post, I shared several examples of U.S. marriage bonds. See Back to the Basics with Marriage Records Part 1: Marriage Bonds. This post includes examples of marriage bonds from Orleans Parish,...
Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about Diana’s road trip to Oklahoma to visit sites relevant to her great-grandparents, William Huston Shults and Dora Algie Royston. She shares her experiences finding cemeteries, visiting small towns, and reading her ancestors’ stories as they drove around. She also shares a few tips for preparing for a family history road trip, including bringing a map and printing out the histories of your ancestors before you go....
Have you ever encountered a marriage bond in your genealogy research? I have used them quite a bit in my research in the mid-south. Today I’m sharing information about marriage bonds and several examples. One of our podcast listeners submitted a question about bondsmen, asking what it meant for a man to be a bondsman on a marriage bond. I will also attempt to answer that question through this post. What are Marriage Bonds? In...
Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about Diana’s findings in the Clemsy Cline Research project. Diana shares how her research logging and report writing went and then outlines what she found. Learn more about how she used land and tax records to track Jacob, John, and Mahala Cline, possible relatives of Clemsy, despite several relevant counties experiencing record loss. Transcript Nicole (1s): This is Research Like A Pro episode 230 Finding A Female’s...
Do you have any challenges in your research, such as people of the same name, pre-1850 research, or burned counties? If so, you need to check out the classic book by Marsha Hoffman Rising, The Family Tree Problem Solver, 3rd edition.22 (This is an affiliate link – if you click the link and make a purchase, we receive a commission but it doesn’t change the price of the book). The introduction gives the background of...
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