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January 8, 2023

What You Probably Do Not Know About the FamilySearch Catalog and About Catalogs in General

Note: This article was published previously in the Genealogy’s Star blog site.   I have spent a great portion of my life both working and as a patron in libraries. I started going to the Phoenix Public Library in Phoenix, Arizona when I was about 8 years old and was a constant patron of that and other libraries as I...

Country Research/Research/U.S. Research
January 1, 2023

Access – The Real Genealogical Challenge

Note: This article was published previously in the Genealogy’s Star blog site.   During the last two years or so, I had online consultations through the FamilySearch Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. These consultations last twenty minutes and I usually schedule eight a week. The FamilySearch Family History Library has a link to get Research Help. Here...

Country Research/Records/Research
December 19, 2022

Comments on the Limitations of Online Genealogical Research

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site.   If you do all your research in the 20th and 19th Centuries in developed countries, you might have a tendency to forget that paper exists. But the minute you step out of your comfortable cocoon of online records, research becomes much more difficult. Genealogists spend much of...

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December 11, 2022

Multicultural Language Options Added to the FamilySearch Family Tree

Note: This article was published previously in the Genealogy’s Star blog site.   One comprehensive goal of genealogy should be to abandon its Western European roots and become more international. The FamilySearch.org Family Tree has just taken a long-awaited step in that direction with an internationalized menu of field options for entering names and making some edits. When you open an option,...

FamilySearch
November 20, 2022

What Are the Oldest Reliable Genealogical Records?

Note: This article was previously published on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. The oldest records that can be reliably used for genealogical research depend entirely on the place where the records may have been kept. Some Chinese records go back more than 2000 years, but English parish records begin in 1538. If you live in Utah, the first genealogical records...

Country Research/Records/Research/Uncategorized
October 3, 2022

Live and Unrehearsed Research from Goldie May: Episode 24

Note: This article appeared previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. Goldie May Live and Unrehearsed Episode 24: Tracing African American Families through the Great Migration  https://youtu.be/4RPVQOyYcN8 The Goldie May series continues with more videos. Each of these videos will give you insight into how to do research online. (This one has to do with records from the Great American...

Research/U.S. Research
August 15, 2022

Universal vs Private Family Trees: Pros and Cons

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star site.   This is a blog post spoiler. When you weigh the pros and cons of universal family trees against those of private family trees, the universal tree always wins. By no means, am I undertaking to compare individual programs, the issues I see of overriding importance duplication of effort...

Ancestry/FamilySearch/Research
August 8, 2022

Goldie May Live and Unrehearsed Genealogy Research, Episodes 17-19

Note: The article below is composed of recent excerpts from the Genealogy’s Star blog site.   Unrehearsed Genealogy Research #19: Confirming family in 19th-century England As I have written recently, most of my work is now in producing videos. Here is the latest Goldie May Unrehearsed Genealogy Research #19: Confirming family in 19th-century England James & Richard look at an ancestor...

Research
July 24, 2022

Goldie May Live and Unrehearsed Genealogy Research #16: Looking for a Female Ancestor’s Maiden Name

Note: This article was previously published on the Genealogy’s Star blogsite.   https://youtu.be/-ECMTN-wpaIEpisode 16 of the Goldie May Live and Unrehearsed Genealogy Research series is now online. In this episode we take on the task of trying to find an ancestor’s maiden name. We work through many of the possibilities where research might show up a maiden name. The purpose of...

Research/U.S. Research
July 18, 2022

New Goldie May Live and Unrehearsed Genealogy Research: Multiple Episodes

Note: This article was previously published on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. https://youtu.be/rW2KO0e8hvw Episode 15 – I was out of town and got behind in posting additional Unrehearsed Genealogy Research: Multiple Episodes from Goldie May. Here are the links to the ones I missed. https://youtu.be/5PMWa_vUwBA Episode 12 https://youtu.be/QyWfzZ7xBNg Episode 13 https://youtu.be/8cMfAanTHEM Episode 14 These three episodes feature Richard Miller working with Nicole Elder...

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