Basic Skills
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LucidChart
I finally figured out lines in LucidChart! You’ll remember that in my post on Scapple (1) I said that I preferred Scapple to LucidChart because it was so much simpler (not to mention the one time fee vs. a subscription). However, I’ve since discovered that sometimes simpler can mean limited, and LucidChart does produce some…
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WATO for beginners
The What Are The Odds (WATO) (1) tool is an extension of the SharedcM (2) tool I talked about in my post Centimorgans and Segments (3). You need to have a grasp of the concept of centimorgans and the relationships that are possible based on the amount of shared centimorgans to understand why WATO is…
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How many is enough?
I mentioned in my post about the GPS (1) that we have to stop thinking of genealogy as a collection of sources. While we are moving in the right direction of thinking of genealogy seriously even though it’s “just” a hobby, the idea that there is a magic number of sources we need to have…
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Why I Love Scapple
Way back what feels like 3 centuries ago, I watched a webinar by Blaine Bettinger called LucidChart and Other Tools for Genetic Genealogy. He talked about a few different third party tools, some of which we might not think of when we think of genealogy, such as a charting program called LucidChart. Sometimes we need…
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The GPS: A Recipe for Success
Most people know GPS as “global positioning system,” the device in their phone/car that gets them where they’re going. Today I’m going to write about the acronym as it applies to genealogy: it stands for Genealogical Proof Standard. While it will get you where you’re going if you follow it —much like your car’s GPS…
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I got my DNA tested, now what?
I’ve organized this post so that it goes from the very basics to things that require more advanced skills. Once you’ve mastered the earlier stuff you should be ready to move onto the more difficult stuff. Try Lost Cousins’ Masterclass. While you’re there, if you have ancestors on the 1880 UK, Canadian or American census,…
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Remembering our Canadian WWI Ancestors
Have you seen the Disney movie Coco? I learned a lot about the traditions of the Día de Muertos such as the ofrenda. I love the ritual involved in remembering and honouring ancestors. I think this is especially important when the ancestor in question has no direct descendants to remember them, like my third great uncle, George…
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Derivative vs. Original Sources
I was really proud of my post How to Order Records from the GRO (1) until it was pointed out to me that GRO records aren’t original records, they are copies of the original records. The copies were made at the end of each quarter, so they date back to almost the time the original…
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Genealogy Education and Certification
A lot of people ask in the Genealogy Squad Facebook Group (1) about genealogy education (usually with a goal of becoming a professional genealogist). Since this is something I’ve looked at, I thought it would be helpful to write a blog post detailing various educational opportunities and how I’m planning on working my way towards…
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How to Order Records from the GRO
If you’ve seen my book review on Organize your Genealogy, you’ll know that my intentions are to collect all my documents in Google Drive and create links to them in OneNote. Well, I’m pleased to say I have begun that process and I will write more about it in another post. One of the benefits…
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