RootsTech 2020 I will be teaching two classes at RootsTech: Discovering Your Family History in Newspapers.com, Thursday 1:30pm Fold3: Understanding Your Ancestor’s Place in Civil War History, Friday 3pm Note: I will […]
Anne Gillespie Mitchell
genealogy chick by obsession and profession
Slides and Spreadsheets on Cluster, Huddle, Flock at SFBAJGS

I presented to the San Francisco Bay Area Genealogy Society on Sunday, September 15th. As promised here are My Slides from the Cluster, Huddle, Flock talk Here is the assignment for researching around […]
Slides for FGS Cluster Talk
Thanks to everyone who came to the talk today. You can download the slides: Cluster, Huddle, or Flock
Slides from SoCal 2019

We had a great time at SoCal Jamboree 2019! You can find links to my slides and spreadsheet examples on Slides and Presentations
Fold3 Search: Slides from RootsTech 2019

Download a PDF of my slides from Fold3 talk: PDF of Slides For those of you who were looking for more information on WWII Veterans records: Fire and Devastation! Reconstructing World War […]
Cluster, Huddle, Flock: Slides and Spreadsheets from RootsTech 2019

As promised here are My Slides from the Cluster, Huddle, Flock talk today. Here is the assignment for researching around your ancestor in the census: Census Cluster Homework And the Example Cluster […]
RootsTech 2018: Slides and Thoughts

Funny how things sometimes turn out different than you plan. Thursday I was supposed to give my Research Guides presentation at RootsTech 2018, but a flu bug decided he had other plans […]
Creating a State Research Guide: The Basics
I’m preparing for my RootsTech talk Research Guides: Researching Everything But People. If you are at RootsTech, the talk is at 4:30, March 1st in room 250A I’m going to show you […]
Better Than Christmas: Pictures of Ancestors

One of the many great things about writing a blog about your ancestors, is you sometimes find family members who have something to share with you. And every time it happens, it […]
New Year, New Name, Adjusted Focus

Over the last year or so, I’ve been changing the way I look at my family history. If you’ve read Mulling and Pondering My Genealogy Toolkit or maybe Clusters: What Do You […]