Gotta keep tabs on those county bondary changes. Although they are not the solution to every problem. #genealogy

My ancestor bought a dodo in Kentucky in the early 1800s. Not really. #genealogy

Guess where we are today? #genealogy

Have you used a social media post as evidence in your #genealogy database? Found one for a 2010-era death...and unless I can get the death cert., that may be all there is as there's no apparent obit or death notice.

Can old newspapers help you transcribe a document? #genealogy genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/20...

We've got three #genealogy trips planned for the duration of this year. genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/up...

When the mouse destroys #genealogy evidence.

Will be in Richmond, Virginia, next week at the Library of Virginia for four days of research. Can't wait for that and other #genealogy group trips we have planned in 2026.

There’s always some new gadget that seemingly will change #genealogy forever. Sometimes it is a new website or piece of software. Often touted as something that the researcher cannot do without. That's bull. Access to sources, sound methodology, & a willingness to learn can accomplish quite a bit.

Do you have an ancestor that you know had a learning challenge of some sort? #genealogy

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I find the FamilySearch citations inadequate for #genealogy work. For local records all it does it give you the link where the image was obtained. Personally I need more than that.

Need a #genealogy writing prompt? What animals (other than livestock) might have threatened your ancestor's life or livlihood?

I like NotebookLM and think it's cool to use for #genealogy. But the videos sometimes have the vibe that they are using MadLibs to create them...filing in the blanks with a details from the submitted docs.

For those who could not get enough of full-text search, we're giving a new presentation on using it. #genealogy Our approach is hands-on, practical, and not distracted by every shiny thing. Details are at genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/20...

Not sure why my #ancestry page is in two languages. #genealogy

I've been researching since the early 1980s. But remember it's not how long you've researched your #genealogy. It's whether you've tried to up your game and improve your skills that matters.

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Noem more.

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NotebookLM's videos are fun to watch, but they all have that same fake feeling--at least to me. The content of the last one (created from a probate file) wasn't bad-only it said deceased was 1 of 8 children and also survived by 8 siblings. #genealogy

MRCA stands for: 1--My Relatives Can Argue 2--Most Researchers Can't Analyze 3--Most Recent Common Ancestor It's number 3, but....sometimes I wonder about 1 and 2. #genealogy

Really excited for #Genealogy Quick Start TV tonight (live on FB or YouTube at 8 PM Easter--search for it). We'll be talking about my oft-married ancestor Barbara. This great infographic was generated by NotebookLM and I won't be using it tonight, but it's too cool not to share. Join us tonight.

It feels like this sometimes. Ancestors in the witness protection program from the 19th century. #genealogy

Sometimes "I heard" is an excuse for "I'm too lazy to look it up."

It's spelled "cremated" not "creamated."

Thirty years ago, hearing someone repeatedly say "Can I talk to a human? Can I talk to a human? Can I talk to a human" would mean they were having some mental challenges. But now it just means they are on the phone with customer service.

Getting outside your "bubble of personal experience" can help you #genealogy research, but it would also go a long way to solving so many problems.

When the death certificate says "medical records" as informant, it's difficult to know exactly who provided the information--unless you KNOW who provided the information for the records. #genealogy

If you share old family photos online, how do you feel about others using those photos without crediting you? As long as they are identified correctly, it really doesn't bother me. #genealogy

I don't really care anymore if people use AI to write or not. It's not like I (or anyone else) is really going to stop it. I think not using for writing helps me to retain something inherently human about my process and exercises the brain which is good for its longevity. But ewe dew ewe.

Love finding this photo reproduction along with the card my Mom wrote when she sent it to her aunt. #genealogy

Your ancestor's widow might not have been the mother of all his children...or any of of them. That was yesterday's tip #genealogy get the tip in email daily at genealogytipoftheday.com/mailman/list...

I do a quick photograph of vacation pics and leave it at that. I don't scan or preserve them the way I do pictures of people. There's only so much time. #genealogy

One of my complete relatives. This is different from a double first cousin, which is also a "complete" relative. This woman's father, maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother are sibilngs of different ancestors of mine. rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com?p=9738

#genealogy joke.

Do you have a Valentine relative? Here's mine--John/Johann Valentine Senf...from his 1850 arrival in the US. He went by Valentine. Was in Campell County, Kentucky for a while, then I lose him. #genealogy

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Used NotebookLM to make a #genealogy infographic about a relative. But I only used 1902 as the death year and it used 1802 instead. Interesting.

Question: An 18th century Virginian owns approximately 500 acres of property, 10 enslaved individuals, and a mill. Considering his literacy, I would surmise that he's basically literate. I tend to think that we assume fewer people were literate than actually were. #genealogy

Making their mark does not mean they could never write their name or were illiterate. This "marker" in 1902 signed their name on numerous records from the 1850s through the 1880s. Chances are this was a "getting up in years" or physical health issue. #genealogy

Always review what a document says before writing anything about that document. Memory cannot always be relied upon. #genealogy

Should you think about the FAN network before you've done a reasonably exhaustive search on the ancestor and his family? #genealogy

Did you mail a card for national Mail a Card to a Friend Day? The address was not marked out on the one I actually mailed.

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I'm not opposed to the use of AI for #genealogy research, but I think it's still best to use your noggin when you can and while you still can. We've opted to not use AI for illustrations of social media posts unless necessary--actual records, our camera, and our crayon are being used ;-)

Instead of those AI-generated #carticatures, I created a self-made image. Those AI ones all look the same.

When your ancestor is first in a new area, the associates they have are more likely to be from "home" or where they used to live than are their associates decades later. #genealogy genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/20...

A chart to keep track of all those double #genealogy connections--unless you don't have siblings of g-grandfather married 1st cousins of another g-grandparent...among other things.

All the what I would do differently in #genealogy from the start really don't matter as much as identifying pictures and asking more relatives questions. Other stuff can wait. Memories matter.