Showing posts from October, 2016
Does a burned county mean an automatic dead end in your research? Should you just turn around and go home? No, if you want to complete your journey, you have to treat a burned county like a literal dead end street. Go back and try a different way! UpFront with NGS has an interesting post today about the…
Are you short on time when it comes to your genealogy research? You're an Occasional Genealogist! Here are 50 suggestions for genealogy tasks you can do in 15-minutes or less OR tasks you can break into 15-minute sessions. I've grouped the tasks by type so you can find ideas of interest quicker. No time …
Welcome to Part 3 of Budgeting for Genealogy. You can read part 1, here , and part 2, here . My main goal with this post is to provide some real life examples. However, I'm also providing some additional "how-to" for those of you that may need it. As I was preparing to write this post, I kept c…
Last week I provided a number of suggestions for budget friendly genealogy . This week I want to talk about "budgeting" as in setting a budget. I like to think of this like a grocery budget. I can't speak for you, but I need to do genealogy almost as much as I need to eat. OK, that's a bit extrem…
I have a confession. I'm always touting the advantages of digital organization (for genealogy or everyday), but I love paper. I don't love organizing with paper. I hate it, hence my promotion of digital methods. It's the actual paper I love. I also love fountain pens. I love the way they write. I like th…
Today I want to look at some places to get free or cheap access to records and also highlight some techniques to use if you have to hire someone to get records for you. If you dont' know why genealogy records cost money, check-out this post on our sister blog . Understanding the expenses involved can …
