Assumptions: Problem-Solving Friend or Foe?
Online2023 Joy Reisinger Memorial Lecture Series Do you have an unsolved research problem? Have you critically examined assumptions made [...]
DNA Analysis Methodology: Defeat the Genealogy Gremlin with Pedigree Evaluation, Mitigation, and Reasoning
Online2023 Joy Reisinger Memorial Lecture Series Learn the tried-and-true methodology to defeat the Genealogy Gremlin and achieve accura [...]
Why Standards Are for Everyone
OnlineAdherence to standards is imperative for anyone who endeavors to reach credible genealogical conclusions. The Board for Certificat [...]
Finding Sophia’s Family: A Case of Fratricide and Forgotten Identity
OnlineA quarrel between brothers turns into tragedy. The murdered man’s young widow and children leave their rural home for city life, n [...]
The Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS): A Review
OnlineHow do you know when you have genealogical proof? You apply the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS) to your completed research. The [...]
Metes & Bounds Land Plats Solve Genealogical Problems
OnlineThis session provides a brief overview of metes and bounds land descriptions seen in deeds, mortgages, patents, grants, and other [...]
Maternal Threads Unwoven: Identifying Margareta’s Mother in 18th Century Sweden
OnlineJill K. Morelli, CG In spite of birth entries for Margareta’s five siblings in Hishult, there was no record of her birth in the [...]
French Emigrants: They Were Not All Huguenots, or Nobles, or from Alsace-Lorraine
OnlineOne of the great difficulties for people researching their French immigrant ancestors’ roots is that so little is known outside of [...]
Editing Your Own Writing – Part 1
OnlineGenealogists write. Their written narratives include stories of ancestral families, biographies of individual ancestors, and expla [...]
Editing Your Own Writing – Part 2
OnlineGenealogists write. Their written narratives include stories of ancestral families, biographies of individual ancestors, and expla [...]
Oral Genealogy in Asia-Pacific: The Essence of Personal Identity and Tribal Connections
OnlineOral genealogies celebrate ancestral connections in indigenous cultures across Asia-Pacific. As one paramount chief in Samoa decla [...]
He Had a Brother Who Disappeared: Finding John H. Hickey, Formerly of Rockton, Winnebago County, Illinois
OnlineFamily tradition holds that John H. Hickey of Rockton, Winnebago County, Illinois, disappeared. This case study proves John “disap [...]