Podcast – Page 26 – Family Locket

RLP 67: Tax Records Part 3 – How to Find Tax Records

Oct 21, 2019

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about how to find tax records. We discuss our go-to places to search, starting with the FamilySearch Wiki. Diana shares how she found the Maryland tax records transcribed and indexed at the Maryland Archives website through a link in the Wiki. We...

RLP 66: Tax Records Part 2 – Types of Tax Records

Oct 14, 2019

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about U.S. tax records and the various types you might encounter. Each state decided how to tax their citizens a little differently. Colonial Virginia had tithables and quitrents. Later, these were replaced with poll taxes. Most tax records fall into three categories,...

RLP 65 – Tax Records Part 1 – How to Use Tax Records

Oct 7, 2019

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about using tax records to solve genealogy research questions. This is the first of a three part series about tax records. Our examples are from U.S. research, but most countries tax their citizens, and the same general principles apply to researching there...

RLP 64: Finding Jeanie’s Father with DNA Case Study – Interview with Hazel Scullin

Sep 30, 2019

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is an interview with Hazel Scullin, who solved an unknown parentage case in her family using DNA. Hazel is a recent graduate of Brigham Young University with a BA in Family History. She walks us through the steps she used to come to...

RLP 63: Locality Research in a DNA Research Project

Sep 23, 2019

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about the locality guide step of the Research Like a Pro process, and how you can use DNA information in this part of the process. Even if you don’t like to travel, your DNA has been places! There are myriad places where...

RLP 62: Separating Men of the Same Name

Sep 16, 2019

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about determining which of the many people of the same name and same place is your subject. How do you make sense of a complicated situation such as two individuals with very similar identities? It takes thorough research of all family members,...

RLP 61- Analyzing Your Sources in a DNA Research Project

Sep 9, 2019

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about how to incorporate DNA information into the timeline and analysis part of a research project. The timeline and analysis portion of the Research Like a Pro process is at the beginning. It helps you determine your starting point, because you look...

RLP 60 – Who Was Anne Carter? Interview with Kimball Carter CG

Sep 2, 2019

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is an interview with Certified Genealogist® Kimball Carter. We discuss Kimballs’ fourth great grandmother, Anne Carter, and the challenging research he undertook to determine her identity and relationships. Anne died in 1789 in Westmoreland County, Virginia and appears in numerous family trees and...

RLP 59 – Writing As You Research

Aug 26, 2019

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about the most efficient way to write reports. We discuss the pros and cons of writing as you research and writing at the end of your research. We discuss the process of analyzing the source and information in the records you find...

RLP 58: Track Your Family with a Timeline – A Tale of Two Swedes

Aug 19, 2019

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about how to use timelines to help you get started with your research project. As you gather all the sources about your objective that you already have and put them in a timeline, you’ll notice holes, make connections, have ideas for your...