Tag Archives: Theme: 12 Week Research Challenge

Week 4 of the 12 Week Research Challenge is about documentation. The goal was to add or fix documentation. I actually started a “fix citation” project many years ago. I started with myself and moved backward on each line, fixing the (really terrible) citations I had entered when I was a baby genealogist. I got through all of my lines except my colonial line (lots of people there!).  Instead of working on that group, I again turned to my husband’s side as citations entered many moons ago weren’t very good. […]

Week 3 of the 12 Week Research Challenge focuses on growing your tree, particularly the most recent generations. Because we typically know these people, we tend to neglect them in our tree. So the challenge was to make sure that these folks (parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, first cousins, etc. are entered in your database with their correct information (and for those who are advanced, make sure facts are cited). I had already done this for my side of the family. But I had sort of neglected my husband’s side. So […]

Week 2 of the 12 Week Research Challenge centers on planting your tree. For the beginner challenge, it’s about selecting one place to store and organize your data. For the intermediate challenge, it’s about creating a second tree to take advantage of record hints, connect with other researchers, and have a backup in case something happens to one of your trees. For the advanced challenge, it’s about syncing.

I decided to accept Janet Hovorka’s 12 Week Research Challenge and thought I’d write about my progress each week. The idea of the challenge is to help genealogists and family historians learn and grow. Each week a new challenge is delivered via email. There are tasks for researchers at all levels—beginner, intermediate, and advanced. At the end of the challenge, you could even win a prize—but really, the prize is growth 🙂 Week 1 is all about assessing your genealogical maturity. I actually did this back in 2010 when I […]