Friday’s Five at Five for October 5, 2018

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Another fabulous Friday! Five enlightening genealogy-related reads: Tracing the Mysterious “Turks” of South Carolina Back to the Revolutionary War – by Glen Browder and Terri Ann Ognibene for Smithsonian.com. Retraction of Allegations Made Against Maisy Vesque (1913-1969) – by Cathy Meder-Dempsey How to Use Muster Rolls to Your Advantage in Genealogy Research from AncestralFindings.com 5 Ways I Search The Fulton […]

Friday’s Five at Five for September 28, 2018

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The return of Friday’s Five at Five! Here’s five posts that have made me think this week: What Your German Surname Says About Your Ancestors from Ancestral Findings 13 Secrets of Obituary Writers by Jake Rossen for Mental Floss Going Gluten Free: What Does Your DNA Say? by Kitty Cooper Recording the FBI by Judy Russell for her blog […]

Friday’s Five at Five for July 20, 2018

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Five more blogposts of interest: What Did Ancestry.com Add and Automate to this 1870 Census Entry? by Michael John Neill Why we should always look at the original record when possible, instead of relying on Ancestry’s transcription. Are You Using LibGuides for Genealogy Research? by Gena Philibert-Ortega Another great suggestion on where to find resources for […]

Friday’s Five at Five for July 13, 2018

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Five fabulous reads: Another Family Story Shattered! by Lori Samuelson If we only relied on family stories to determine what records to search, we’d be missing the true story. Using Voice Recognition in Genealogy: Names and dates and places by James Tanner I don’t think I’d personally use voice recognition for genealogy because I feel […]

Friday’s Five at Five for July 6, 2018

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Five fun reads: Libraries Launch “Archivist in a Backpack” from UNC University Libraries Do you use any of the same items for your personal archiving or oral history recordings? Studying Genealogy Periodicals by Jennifer Dondero Learn everything about genealogy periodicals – why you should read them, how to read them, where to find them, etc. New […]

Friday’s Five at Five for June 29, 2018

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Back with another 5 great blogposts I read this week: Using First Names as Evidence of Family Relationships by DiAnn Iamarino Remember to use name as hints, not proof. And also remember that you may not have discovered all of a couple’s children, which could through off the naming birth order. How I Solved It: Always […]

Friday’s Five at Five for June 7, 2018

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A rundown of blog posts I found enlightening this week: We need to give credit to our fellow genealogists for their hard work and so other genealogists can verify their work. It’s also, as Marcia Crawford Philbrick points out, in Don’t Just Copy – Give Credit, a way for genealogists to contact the original researcher. A great […]

Friday’s Five at Five for May 18, 2018

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Five blogposts I found educational: How I Solved It: Frederick Allen Downing: finding the father of an illegitimate child– A blogpost from Suzi Brent reminding us to look at the child’s name when searching for a birth father. We should always write out our genealogical conclusions, even if they are retractions of earlier conclusions. Here’s […]

Friday’s Five at Five for May 11, 2018

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                The posts I mention below are now about a month old on their writers’ sites, but still worthy of a read: Academic genealogy – I don’t have a PhD, but I enjoy reading about the “family tree” of anything – people, animals, academics. It works just like any […]

Friday’s Five at Five for May 4, 2018

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Five more blogposts of value: Sometimes we like to believe the census taker missed our ancestors, or perhaps, our families purposely avoided the census taker. Was Your Ancestor Missed on the U.S. Federal Census? gives some reasons why your family members may actually be absent from the census. Someday I might actually follow all these great […]

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