Fortify Your Family Tree

Two weeks ago I explained how I use standardized comments in my family tree file. (See " How to Overcome a Town Clerk's Errors .&qu...

I spent last Sunday jumping from one genealogy document to another. I had no research plan in mind. Instead, I let the documents lead the wa...

Some of the mistakes I'm seeing on vital records are shocking. No one's perfect, of course. But you'd like to think the clerk re...

One morning I had the idea of "finishing" one family unit in my tree at a time. Finishing them means locating and adding every doc...

I remember how the first group of people in my family tree became disconnected. My mom wanted to know how her cousin Jean was her cousin. ...

Regular spot-checks are a great way to see where your family tree needs your attention. Today I checked one type of source citation in my fa...