{"id":301,"date":"2013-06-12T18:13:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T23:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/family-history-through-the-alphabet-timelines\/"},"modified":"2013-07-02T20:20:34","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T01:20:34","slug":"family-history-through-the-alphabet-timelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/family-history-through-the-alphabet-timelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Family History Through the Alphabet \u2013 Timelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Family-History-Through-the-Alphabet\" alt=\"Family-History-Through-the-Alphabet\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/--vcy07tj_9k\/UbEesx59BwI\/AAAAAAAAIv0\/zUiiPf0mRJk\/Family-History-Through-the-Alphabet%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"304\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>For 26 weeks I will take you on a family history journey through the alphabet, one letter at a time.\u00a0 I have decided that each post will be educational in nature, focusing on topics related to resources, methodology, tools, etc.\u00a0 Although the challenge is complete, there are still some people who are finishing up and Alona, the host, is encouraging others to participate anyway.\u00a0 Additional information on the challenge, can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gouldgenealogy.com\/2012\/05\/take-the-family-history-through-the-alphabet-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\">Take the \u2018Family History Through the Alphabet\u2019 Challenge<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"t\" alt=\"t\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-bN5QnSl0ebQ\/UbEetON-R2I\/AAAAAAAAIv8\/ZxhDzo4xWMY\/t%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"75\" height=\"74\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/>Timelines are such a wonderful tool in genealogy research.\u00a0 You can learn so much by looking at a visual depiction of your ancestors over time.\u00a0 From research gaps to research analysis, timelines should always to a go-to method for working through tough research problems.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve written about timelines before in the following two posts from 2010, which I encourage you to check out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Working With Timelines\" href=\"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/working-with-timelines\/\" target=\"_blank\">Working With Timelines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"More On Timelines\" href=\"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/more-on-timelines\/\" target=\"_blank\">More on Timelines<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Most genealogy software has some sort of timeline feature.\u00a0 In addition, you can create your own using charting software (such as Edraw and Visio), desktop publishing software, or by using the drawing tools in Word (some people even use Excel).\u00a0 Sometimes, I just take pencil and paper and sketch out a timeline.<\/p>\n<p>There are also a few websites out there that let you create and share timelines, including <a href=\"http:\/\/ourtimelines.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">OurTimeLines<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timerime.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\">TimeRime<\/a>.\u00a0 I actually used TimeRime to generate a timeline for my second great-grandmother (<a title=\"Fearless Females \u2013 Timeline\" href=\"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/fearless-females-timeline\/\" target=\"_blank\">see my post Fearless Females \u2013 Timeline<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Whenever you find yourself stuck on a research problem, try using a timeline.\u00a0 Whatever method you choose, be it software or by hand, it may be just the thing to help you bust down that wall!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For 26 weeks I will take you on a family history journey through the alphabet, one letter at a time.\u00a0 I have decided that each post will be educational in nature, focusing on topics related to resources, methodology, tools, etc.\u00a0 Although the challenge is complete, 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