Sunday, October 7, 2012

Quick way to scan through something for a name online


Press [Ctrl] and [F] on the keyboard at the same time

Then a box pops up at the bottom of the internet screen

Type in the name of the person you wish to find

Press [Enter] on the keyboard

And the name or name fragments will be highlighted on the screen

(and sometimes the computer will take you right directly to the name)

How to find your ancestors online

What you need to do is type the
________________  _____________   ____________  ______________
           First                   Middle                 Last           Date of Birth - Date of Death

On your favorite search engine online


If you can't find anything

               First:               Take out the person's middle name and search online

               Second:          If the person has a different last name, re-enter the person's middle
                                      name, change his/her last name and search online

               Third:              Take out the person's middle name with the new last name and
                                      search online

               Fourth:            Sometimes searching for the person's spouse, children, or parents
                                      can give you a link or a source about the person you're looking for

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Categorizing My Genealogy Lineage

For Girls, I Categorize them with a G

For Boys, I categorize them with a B

Since we are all Children of our Heavenly Father, might as well label the appropriate sex by a child view by the person.

For the Lineage line example:


Eric Scott Borgholthaus => Jeannette DuVall Borgholthaus => Joan LeFevre DuVall =>
               B                                              G                                          G

Miriam Wood LeFevre => Eliza Whytock Wood
               G                                   G


This is the Lineage of my Great Great Grandma Eliza Whytock

[BGGGG] 5th Generation.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Ok, I thought this was SSSOOOOOO COOL!!!

Found it from http://www.geneamusings.com/2009_10_18_archive.html



But Manasseh and Ephraim are from Joseph, not Benjamin. This was pointed out by my brother and his friends on facebook.

Genealogical Workflow


Genealogists Insite Meme


Resons Why Someone Needs Their Own Genealogy Blog

1. Customized to how you wish.
2. Able to show proof that things are true.
3. Good way to communicate with family and peers about your genealogy work
4. Can personally do more genealogy work then by most sites.
5. Good way to be more connected with the internet age.
6. Good way to be more connected with your ancestors of old.
7. It's fun and easy

Sites Recommended For Genealogy Work

Ancestry.com
http://www.ancestry.com/

New Family Search
https://new.familysearch.org/en/action/unsec/welcome

Family Search
https://familysearch.org/

Tree Seek
http://www.treeseek.com/

Find A Grave
http://www.findagrave.com/

Genealogy.com
http://www.genealogy.com/index_n.html