What did I do this week? This week, I was not able to engage with my research as much as I would have liked. Between kids, work, and our household getting a cold, there wasn’t much time left for family history. But I still managed to accomplish a few things. The Audit I have continued with the big audit… even though my squirrelly brain is screaming “I’m bored, let's chase something shiny” - I’ve stuck to my guns, and kept going. I’ve fully fleshed out my great-grandfather, Lo

What did I do this week?

In genealogical research, there are multiple methods you can employ to go deeper into the record sets and find missing links. One useful way to do this is the FAN method. FAN stands for Friends, Associates & Neighbours. It’s basically anyone within your ancestors' lives who wasn’t a family member. Although not relatives, these people can still offer invaluable insight into the lives of our research subjects. I have been researching my 2x-great-grandmother Ada Williams for som

If I could hop in a time machine and travel back to my first year of family history research, I’d do things VERY differently! Today, I’m going to be sharing the things I wish I’d done differently when I began researching my genealogy.