About Me
I'm Jennifer, and I'm an Occasional Genealogist... sort of. Like many of you, I started as an Occasional Genealogist. I had to squeeze research into my free time. Then I got my first genealogy job and for awhile, it was genealogy all the time! Now I have two kids. I do other people's genealogy constantly but my own? Coming up with ways to do great genealogy, despite the interruptions, is mandatory.
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Tax records weren’t created for genealogists—but if you know how to read them, they can be surprisingly revealing. The key is knowing: what kind of tax you’re looking at, the law that applies at …
It’s 2025. Shouldn’t everything be online by now? Not even close. Here are four reasons records don't get digitized plus some ideas for how to find them irl. If you've ever felt stuck in your gen…
Reverse genealogy can be a really powerful genealogy technique. A lot of people don't know about it or don't use it as much as they could. This post will look at: What is reverse genealogy…
This is the follow-up to the post " Why to Take Genealogy Notes ." That post explained why everyone should take notes, not just record "facts" (i.e., why you need to do more than just attach name…