Do you have a family line where the surname is spelled in a variety of ways? If so, you know how frustrating it can be… Read More »Searching by Given Name Only: A Strategy for Finding Nafus Records
Do you use ChatGPT? If so, do you always make sure you’re logged in before asking a question? I didn’t—and I learned my lesson the… Read More »Lost in the Login: A ChatGPT Lesson Learned
Was It Just a Signature—Or a Family Clue? Have you ever paused to wonder why one of your relatives witnessed a specific will? Was it… Read More »Culver Will
Was Cora Really Daniel Bryant’s Daughter? Untangling a Family Puzzle Have you ever tried to sort out a confusing family connection on the FamilySearch tree… Read More »Cora
Confirming Ancestry Hints with Local Records and Obituaries Do you use Ancestry’s hinting system in your research? When working on descendancy projects, I often rely… Read More »Confirming Hints
Don’t Get Stuck on the Spelling: Why Name Variations Matter in Genealogy Have you ever heard someone say, “That’s not how my ancestor spelled their… Read More »Spelling
Have you ever found yourself scratching your head while trying to match the children named in an obituary to a family tree? That was exactly… Read More »Maud Erwin’s Family
The Family of John C. Nafus John C. Nafus [LJP2-ZQK]was born in 1797 in New York. He was the son of William S. Nafus and… Read More »John C. Nafus
Paying Attention to Warnings in Genealogy Software Does your genealogy software or online tree provide warnings when there’s an obvious error? My tree is in… Read More »Wrong Mother
From Ancestry Hint to Multiple Obituaries to AI Summary Have you ever come across an image of an obituary as an Ancestry Hint and wondered… Read More »AI-Powered Genealogy: Summarizing Multiple Obituaries