Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It's Saturday Night again - time for some more Genealogy Fun!! Here is your assignment, should you decide to accept it (you ARE reading this, so I assume that you really want to play along - cue the Mission Impossible music!):1) Then and Now - How have you documented your genealogy and family history …
Category: Sources
County Histories
Have you heard the term, 'Mug Book'? Have you used a 'mug book'? When I first started my genealogy journey, I used a lot of what some call 'mug books' before I ever heard the term. The blog post, Ancestor Biographies Breathe Life into Family History, contains an explanation of this term. As I'm updating …
RecordSeek
My Source Struggle (part 1 and part 2) continues. A reader's comment suggested that I try the Chrome extension, Record Seek. According to the reader, this extension helps create a source citation on the FamilySearch tree for web based sources. Seeking to learn more about RecordSeek, I found a FamilySearch wiki page for the RecordSeek …
Sources Struggle
Do you struggle adding sources to the FamilySearch tree or is it just me? I'm not a member of their church and have only been using the FamilySearch website, including the tree, for about five years. Thus, I am still learning. With the recently released Ancestor Discovery pages, I want to use those pages as …
Naming Sources
I've been asked to explain how I name my sources in RootsMagic. I'm sharing my method as an example. I've never actually written out my 'naming' practices. However, I have heard the genealogist, Cousin Russ, talk about how he maintains a file of instructions that contains his naming practices. His blog post FTM2012 and AMT …
Cleaning Up Bad Citations
Do you ever have to do a 'clean-up' in your genealogy database? Whether you do or not, I know I do. I recently figured out that some of my citations did not 'convert' well when I moved my data from The Master Genealogist to Roots Magic. Thus, I have some 'bad' citations to clean up. Even though …
Scroll, Click, Connect
Do you ever look at other trees on Ancestry? I know I do. I use them for hints. I also attach them as 'sources' so that I can get back to trees that match my ancestors. However, I try not to add 'new people' from those trees to my tree. I also try to add …
FamilySearch Tree and Sources
What are your feelings regarding the FamilySearch tree? Do you dislike it because anyone can change anything? Or, do you like it because of the ability to collaborate? Even though I get frustrated with unexplained changes that don't fit my conclusions, I like the FamilySearch tree. I like it because it is the one of the places …