Category Archives: Advice & How-To

On Tuesday, I posted Bingo! (and a few lessons learned).  The long and the short is that I finally found my grandfather in the 1930 census.  He was indexed as Jack Isbill, when in actuality it should have been Jack Cahill. I submitted corrections to […]

There are some many wonderful people out there willing to help others in the genealogy research.  Between Facebook and blogging, I’ve met many of those wonderful people, and it’s a pleasure to know them. Just in the last few days, I’ve experienced RAOGK (Random Acts […]

The Bingo For a while now, I have been trying to find my grandfather in the 1930 census.  It’s a weird situation, that goes a little something like this: My grandfather, John F “Jack” CAHILL was born in 1922.  He had an older brother Raymond, […]

With the influx of genealogy blogs out there, I thought I’d share my philosophy about “reading” them. Some people only subscribe to a handful of blogs, likely because managing them can be a pain.  They have their favorites and they follow faithfully.  I on the […]

Sometimes you just need a break from your own family research.  Sometimes it’s best to step away from the brick wall to get a fresh perspective.  But as we all know, genealogy is a passion, so it’s hard to break away.  That being said, there […]

I’ve been trying to figure out other ways to get the word out about my blogs.  Facebook’s Networked Blogs application (formerly known as Blog Network) is a great tool and had been effective.  However, not everyone uses the application.  Additionally, a Facebook search will not […]

When I started doing research involving military records, I had a hard time deciphering documents due to unfamiliar terminology.  I found myself looking up terms, the same terms, over and over.  So I started a list of terms I came across and looked them up […]

Managing three genea-blogs is quite a feat, and with all my ideas floating around, I feeling as though I’m drowning.  But not to fear…all blogs will remain active, and to ensure that, I created plans for each blog.  The plans contain elements from editorial calendars […]