In our podcast episode today, Diana and I discuss three things you should do after taking a DNA test at Ancestry. We recommend downloading the raw DNA data and uploading it to the other testing sites that accept transfers so you can find more matches beyond the Ancestry database. We also recommend that you link a tree to your Ancestry DNA test results! This will help you and your cousin matches SO much. Lastly, we talk about how you can share your DNA test results with family members. This might convince them to take their own DNA test, which will...
In our podcast episode today, Diana and I discuss how to put information from records into a table to help you organize the data and make connections. Nicole tells about a land study that she did and organizing lots of deeds by clustering the rows in the table by the names of the witnesses. Diana talks about showing data about a person's age from each census year with a table. Join us for a discussion of using tables for research reports! Links How to Add a File to Multiple Folders in Google Drive - YouTube Google help article Go to...
In our podcast episode today, Diana and I interview Rebecca Walbecq, one of our Research Like a Pro eCourse students. She shares her experience with trying the research process on a research problem she had been studying for years. She began the eCourse with the following objective: "The objective of this research project is to prove or disprove that Daniel Hawley born in October of 1808 in Allegany County, New York and Sarah Sally Huff born on May 14th, 1813 in Allegany County, New York are the parents of William Hawley who was born on August 31st, 1836 in the...
In our podcast episode today, Diana and I discuss how to use DNA evidence as you Research Like a Pro. We talk about each step of the research like a pro process and what it looks like when you are doing a DNA research project. Links Research Like a Pro with DNA - Diana's blog post at Family Locket, including the screenshot of her Royston report where she includes DNA evidence Sample DNA Citations - Free Cheat Sheet 14 Day Mini Research Like a Pro Challenge - begins Jan 22! Blaine Bettinger's Membership program - DNA Central Elizabeth Shown Mills'...
In our podcast episode today, Diana and I discuss three reasons why you should download personal genealogy software to manage your family tree. Are you only using an online family tree? You may be missing out on powerful features. Links 14 Day Mini Research Like a Pro Challenge Family Tree Software Programs compatible With FamilySearch - PowerPoint presentation free download - feel free to share the presentation with your class or group. 3 Reasons to Have Personal Genealogy Software and How to Choose - Diana's blog post at Family Locket, including the chart comparing different programs RootsMagic Family Tree Maker...
In our podcast episode today, Diana and I discuss how to analyze a census record, and the example of George W. Dillard in the 1850 Census. We go through the steps of making an abstract of all the census information, asking questions about the information on the census, making a hypothesis, then making a list of records to search that could answer the questions. We also discuss the non-population schedules and then what to do with the images of census records you find. Don't forget to download our Census Cheat Sheet packed with all the information we talked about today,...
In our podcast episode today, Diana and I discuss U.S. Federal Census Records from 1790-1940. We talk about what you might find in a census record, where you can access them, the instructions given to the enumerators, which questions were asked on each census, and more. We also talk about books and resources to help you learn more. Don't forget to download our free Census Cheat Sheet packed with all the information we talked about today! We are also sharing the census tables we use in research reports. This is a Word docx file that you can download, and then...
In our podcast episode today, Diana and I discuss three case studies about probate records. In our last episode, we talked all about how to find probate records and what are in them. This episode is about how to probate files to answer a research question. It's amazing how many clues are hiding in these records! We discuss three projects - Diana's research about Thomas B. Royston, Nicole's client project about John Johnson, and Diana's project about Georgia Dawson. Don't forget to download the special freebie we created for you all about Probate records here: U.S. Probate Records Cheat Sheet....
In our podcast episode today, Diana and I discuss one of our favorite record types for proving identity and parentage: probate records. These records are key in identifying relationships between children and their fathers in 18-19th century United States research. Probate records include wills, inventories, sales slips, receipts, debt payments, summons, petitions, and all kinds of records that reveal information about a family. Don't miss the important information about how to find probate records for your relatives, what to do with the probate file once you find it, and how to understand the information contained in each page. We have...
In our podcast episode today, Diana and I discuss what to do when you find an indexed record entry on FamilySearch with no image attached. If there is a microfilm number in the citation, you can use that to find the digitized images of the microfilm and locate the original image of that baptism record or marriage bond. We'll discuss some of our tips for using the image viewer and finding the right page among the hundreds of images. Links The FamilySearch Catalog: A Researcher’s Best Friend - how to find the digitized microfilm when the index says it doesn't...
