When an offhand remark from RootsTech ended up on Twitter, I knew I must have had the attention of a few people! “My family married itself over and OVER again.” @AncestryAnne #RootsTech […]
Anne Gillespie Mitchell
genealogy chick by obsession and profession
Can’t Make It To A Genealogy Conference? Attend RootsTech At Home

Thousands of genealogists will descend on Salt Lake City Feb 3rd-6th for RootsTech 2016. It’s an interesting blend of technology and genealogy that covers the beginner to the advanced genealogist. But what […]
A Google Search Technique To Add To Your Bag of Tricks

You probably know google is powerful search engine and you probably know that the rootsweb message boards are chock full of useful information about your ancestors and the locations they lived. Did […]
Yep. I’m Not Building Family Trees — I’m Building Family Graphs

A couple of days ago I published Family Tree or Family Graph and was delighted at the comments I received. Some of you knew exactly what I was talking about! And Chris […]
Family Tree or Family Graph

Two weeks ago I presented 5 classes in the Swing through the South class of SLIG 2016. And I never attend a year of SLIG without new thoughts to mull and ponder! […]
Did You Know? Where to Find Basic County Information

Many documents our ancestors left behind were in the counties they lived in. Birth, Marriage and Death records. Deeds, Wills and other Probate records. But when were they first recorded? When was […]
Where You Can Find Me Speaking This Year

I didn’t get to travel and speak much last year but this year is picking up! I’m really glad my schedule is allowing it this year. 🙂 Here is what I know […]
What’s I’m Looking Forward to in 2016: Extended Clusters

I neglected my blog in 2015. And I neglected my personal research. Work and life get in the way sometimes. I am ready to refocus on my people and new techniques to […]
Ancestry Academy Launches!

One of my passions is education and another is genealogy. So you can imagine that being a participant in Ancestry Academy is just all sorts of fun for me! I currently have […]
Wrap up on VGS Presentation
April 11th, I spent the day with over 200 researchers at the VGS spring conference and they were a lively and fun group. You can find my slides from those presentations at […]