This isn't my normal type of post. This is essentially a round-up of my own posts related to a specific topic. But a topic you can't easily find with a search or a label.
If your genealogy skills need a boost, you're in the right place. I hesitate to label these as intermediate skills or advanced skills because we all have different ideas about what is "intermediate" or "advanced" genealogy.
Let's just say these posts will help you improve your genealogy skills. Some people will call these beginning skills, some intermediate, and some will consider them advanced skills. It doesn't matter, your skills have to improve to continue researching your family history.
- The 3 Genealogy Mistakes You Have to Tame to Improve Your Skills
- What is a Genealogy Research Log
- Why You Need to Take Genealogy Notes
- Are Books a Good Genealogy Source?
- Find Every Clue in U.S. Census Records
- Census Comparisons Continued
- Evernote Form for Census Correlation
- Is Your Genealogy Knowledge "Fuzzy?"
- Genealogy FAN Club: What Is It? Plus What It Is Not.
- Finding Female Ancestors: The Importance of Siblings
- "Burned" Counties aren't always "burned"
- Success in "Burned Counties" --- easy techniques to start with
- Cousin Baiting: What is It, Should You Do It?
- What's the Opposite of Genealogy?
- More Reverse Genealogy
- Finding Aids vs. Library Catalogs
- Make Your Genealogy Skills Go Pro
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