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Nancy Lecompte

Avoid The Pitfalls in Native American Genealogy - YouTube - 0 views

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    Excellent coverage of the things you should not do when researching your Native Ancestry
Nancy Lecompte

Tuesday's Tip - Interpreting primary sources - the 6 'w's | Essex Voices Past - 0 views

  • Each primary source you can decode will give you a layer or building block towards historical truth.
  • So understanding the ‘tricks’ of decoding sources are vital to the craft of being a historian.
  • a primary source doesn’t have to be a document – it could be anything!
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  • What? What is the document you are looking at?
  • When? When was your document created?
  • Was your source written at the period you are studying or was it written afterwards or retrospectively (and therefore with the benefit hindsight)?
  • Who? Who created it?  Who was the intended audience?
  • Where? Where was your document written
  • Why? There should be lots of ‘whys’ on your mind when you analyse your source:
Nancy Lecompte

NGS Series on DNA Basics - All 4 Parts | DNAeXplained - Genetic Genealogy - 0 views

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    An excellent introduction to what genetics can do for genealogists.
Nancy Lecompte

a3Genealogy: Generational Research Game - 0 views

  • seems all of the Irish who came over had the same names. HaHa how do you know which one is right?
  • Analyze, Analyze, Analyze genealogy documents, data and information!
  • The true purpose of this "game" is to eliminate the contestants who should not be in your family tree. The goal is to identify who's the last Michael McCabe standing!
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  • Eliminate The Obvious First we  narrow common name ancestors by age, residence and careers.
  • To unravel this puzzle, you must open your circle and not only follow immediate family members but also associates.
  • Thirdly, let's do a neighbor/community analysis. Remember to find the one, we look at 100.
  • Pull the following documents for parents, spouses, children, siblings.
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