What we do when we assume
You know this joke right? Its a play on the word ‘assume’. You make an ___ out of "u" and "me".
Whether you conciously do it or not, you make assumptions every day of your life–about a variety of topics, people, situations, etc. But when it comes to your family history, assumptions can lead you to a dead end.
Michael John Neill has written a nice article on this subject over at Ancestry.
Which reminds me that my mom was relating that she’s found out new information on an ancestor of ours–he claimed to be born in one state, when in reality he was from another–it was an appearances thing. Just goes to show that unless you were there witnessing the event–you have to take everything with a grain of salt.
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Family History Overhaul
The Deseret News wrote
a lengthy article on the changes that are going to be taking place with familysearch.org.
Here are some of the highlights:
- “New online tools will allow novices to log on and
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Changes at Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com recently posted that there were
some changes being made to their
site. Since Ancestry.com is one of the largest genealogy resources, these changes
will most likely affect a large number of people. Here is a compiled list of their
changes:
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