Bob Larson
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Hidden Gems on FamilySearch
(By Lisa Alzo, Internet Genealogy Magazine – March 24, 2016) If you frequent FamilySearch to search for your ancestors, you likely just go to the digitized collections, or maybe you scan the Family History Library Catalog to see what other information is available on microfilm. But did you know there may be some additional digitized …
Original and Derivative Sources
(FindMyPast – March 23, 2016) We’ve all run into the problem of conflicting information. Family lore may tell you a certain ancestor was born in 1850 in Kansas. But information on a 1900 census has a different birth date. Finally, there’s an obituary with a totally different year and place of birth. What a mess! …
Tackling Errors in Ancestry’s Family Trees
(Lisa Alzo with Internet Genealogy Magazine – March 10, 2016) Having a tree on Ancestry.com opens up the possibilities of connecting with cousins and expanding your family lines. As such, it is inevitable that you will see data entered by others that is not correct. Whether it’s a misspelling, wrong relationship, inaccurate date or a …