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Nancy Lecompte

Genealogy Timelines - Gigi's Geneablog - 0 views

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genealogy research tips

shared by Nancy Lecompte on 24 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • One of the most useful things I do is to create a timeline for each ancestor. I place every event I can document on that timeline, along with the documentation notes.
  • When you lay these events into a timeline, make sure you view the age of your ancestor as the events occurred.
  • It moves you away from records focus so that you can see the big picture of his or her life.
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  • It may provide time-holes where you could afford to fill a gap of information.
  • The timeline should provide you more insight and some ideas regarding where to look next for information.
  • Nancy Lecompte on 24 Jan 12
     
    I find a timeline to be an indispensable tool in genealogy research. Good genealogy software will often do this for you.
Nancy Lecompte

R U Calling My Nana a Liar? - Barking Up the Wrong Tree: - 0 views

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genealogy tips

shared by Nancy Lecompte on 31 May 12 - No Cached
  • We tell them that those stories are not fact until we have the records to back them up.
  • It's only natural that we believe what our mother, father, or any other family elder for that matter, tells us about our family history. Unfortunately some of their stories get distorted over time.
  • Now imagine that game of telephone is happening, not over an hour but, over decades. Oh, and someone in the "telephone" line was 8 years old when it was their turn and they only heard the story the one time. Your Nana may have had the best of intentions in passing the story along to you. She probably believed every word of it but if you base your research on that and toss aside any records that don't fit the family legend your real family history will never be found.
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  • Your ancestor had "high cheek bones" or "long, straight black hair", fact. Saying that the trait denotes a certain ethnicity or race is conjecture, speculation, or wishful thinking, not fact.
  • No one's ancestor was an Indian Princess, no matter the tribe.
  • A grandparent could have told a fictional story to their grandchild at an impressionable age. That child then tells it to his own children and so on. Somewhere along the way it becomes, not a bedtime story but a family story. When did the story change from fiction to non-fiction?
  • Once you start researching you may find that a small part of the story IS true. Over the years it's just been embellished a little.
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genealogy tips tutorial

shared by Nancy Lecompte on 19 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • 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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