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RLP 71 – Getting Things Done Part 1

Nov 18, 2019

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about David Allen’s book, Getting Things done: the art of stress-free productivity and the applications to family history and genealogy research. We discuss the overview of his program and some examples of capturing, clarifying, and organizing. Transcript Nicole (1s): This is Research Like a Pro episode 71: Getting Things Done part 1. Welcome to Research Like a Pro a Genealogy Podcast about taking your research to the...

RLP 70 – DNA Tools and Methodology part 2: Chromosome browsers, segment triangulation, chromosome mapping, visual phasing

Nov 11, 2019

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is a discussion with Robin Wirthlin about DNA tools and methods involving segment data. AncestryDNA doesn’t provide segment data, but the other companies do! With chromosome browsers and segment data, you can use segment triangulation and chromosome mapping to prove common ancestors. Join us as we talk about how this all works! Transcript Nicole (1s): This is Research Like a Pro episode 70: DNA Tools part two. Welcome...

RLP 69 – DNA Tools Part 1: Clustering, Pedigree Triangulation, WATO

Nov 4, 2019

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is a discussion with Robin Wirthlin about how to use DNA tools and methodology in your genetic genealogy. This is part 1 of DNA tools, focusing on creating genetic networks, pedigree triangulation, and the What are the Odds tool at DNA Painter. We grouped these together because they are usually the first tools and methods to use. You don’t need segment information or chromosome browsers to use these...

RLP 68 – Interview with Dana Leeds about the Leeds Method and the RLP Study Group

Oct 28, 2019

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is an interview with Dana Leeds about her method of color clustering DNA Matches. This is called the Leeds Method. When she first shared her method last year, it became an instant success. The Autocluster reports created at Genetic Affairs and the Collins Leeds method are both based on the Leeds Method of color clustering. Listen in to hear all about the Leeds Method and Dana’s experience doing...

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 also discuss using the FamilySearch catalog to tap into all the digitized microfilm available online at FamilySearch that is typically unindexed, browse only microfilm. This...

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, which we discuss – poll, real property, and personal property. Nicole shares how poll taxes in North Carolina help determine the ages of John Johnson’s...

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 as well. In this part of the series, we tell you about three steps for extracting information from tax records, putting the data in a...

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 a conclusion about the father of her grandmother, Jeanie. Jeanie was born in Salt Lake City in 1943, and her biological mother was from San...

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 our countless ancestors lived over the course of time. Many of these ancestors passed their DNA on to us. We each have a multitude of...

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, analyzing the data, and then understanding the locality. Diana tells about the Edward Sullivan project, and how she solved it. Links Will the Real Edward...