A Family Tapestry

Monday, February 28, 2022

Except for Those Inconvenient Discoveries

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  Are government documents always correct? I've read, from time to time, rants by genealogists who seem to think our official record kee...
Sunday, February 27, 2022

Off the Shelf:
Zotero for Genealogy

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  There are a number of books languishing on my library shelves, bought with good intentions and the promise to read when I get around to it...
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Saturday, February 26, 2022

Choosing Connection

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  It's the weekend before RootsTech , and all through the night, I've been trying to catch up with one particular connection tool av...
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Friday, February 25, 2022

Retracing Those "Fast and Furious" Steps

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  Toward the end of her life, my mother posted notes to herself, most likely as a reminder to keep working hard at a particular task. One no...
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Thursday, February 24, 2022

Leaning Toward the
Side of Greater Caution

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  Knowing half of a story never instills quite as much research confidence as knowing both sides of a story. That observation certainly appl...
Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Getting Lucky With Larkin

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  It is only with some lucky discoveries, thanks to DNA testing, that we can budge those previously immovable brick wall ancestors from thei...
Tuesday, February 22, 2022

When a Name Stands Out —
Like, Really Stands Out

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  Looking through the names selected by our ancestors for their children can point to one frustrating fact: some families like to re-use giv...
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Jacqi Stevens
It is my contention that, after a lifetime, one of the greatest needs people have is to be remembered. They want to know: have I made a difference? I write because I can't keep for myself the gifts others have entrusted to me. Through what I've already been given--though not forgetting those to whom I must pass this along--from family I receive my heritage; through family I leave a legacy. With family I weave a tapestry. These are my strands.
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