Thomas W. Jones, CG®, CG®, PhD – “The Advance of Research Habits over Recent Decades—And the Downside”
“The Advance of Research Habits over Recent Decades—And the Downside” Presented by Thomas W. Jones, CG®, CG®, PhD, FASG, F [...]
Can a Genetic Relationship Be Proved by DNA Alone?
By Karen Stanbary, CG® The answer is a resounding No! Sound genealogical conclusions rely on skillful analysis of sources, informa [...]
Diverse Communities: Finding Irish Immigrant Origins
Finding Irish Immigrant Origins By Laura Murphy DeGrazia, CG®, FGBS[1] The United States is a nation of immigrants, and most p [...]
Diverse Communities: Researching Italian Ancestors Part 2
Italian Genealogical Research: Part II By Melanie D. Holtz, CG® Italy is a land of beauty and contrasts, not only in its topo [...]
Diverse Communities: Researching Italian Ancestors Part 1
Italian Genealogical Research: Part I By Melanie D. Holtz, CG® Between 1880 and 1920 more than four million Italians immigrate [...]
Diverse Communities: Researching Jewish Ancestors
Diverse Communities: Jewish Genealogy By Rhoda Miller, EdD, CG® Jewish genealogy has become increasingly popular in recent yea [...]
Ten-Minute Methodology: How to Ask Good Research Questions
SpringBoard is pleased to present a guest post by Harold Henderson, CG , a Trustee of the Board for Certification of Genealogists. [...]
Ten-Minute Methodology: Documentation and the Research Report
Some genealogists have been confused about whether to include source citations in research report introductions and summaries. Spr [...]
Researching African American Families that Came out of Slavery
SpringBoard is pleased to present the first in an occasional series of posts about diverse communities. Aimed at intermediate to a [...]
Ten-Minute Methodology: Beyond the Index—or Not
By Judy Kellar Fox, CG® Our goal, supported by genealogy standards, is to use whenever possible original records and primary i [...]
Ten-Minute Methodology: When Index is a “Dirty Word”
By Judy Kellar Fox, CG® Genealogical work supported by indexes alone can be unreliable. What? What’s wrong with the Social Sec [...]
Ten-Minute Methodology: “Reasonably Exhaustive”—How Do We Know We’re There?
By Judy Kellar Fox, CG® Evaluating what we've done There comes a time when we have to stop researching. Sometimes it’s when we [...]