This map from Visited States Map Generator has popped up in my Facebook feed multiple times, so I had to make one. It's a map! Who could resist? Color codes: Green -- I've lived there Blue -- I've spent significant time there Orange -- I've spent at least a night there, most likely more Red... Continue Reading →
A few upcoming speaking engagements. Tuesday’s Tip
I have a few speaking engagements coming up that you might be interested in. I usually post my slides when I'm done, so if you can't attend, you can view them later. March 16, 2013: Ancestry Day, Blue Springs, Missouri The Midwest Genealogy Center is sponsoring an Ancestry Day with Ancestry.com in Blue Springs, Missouri.... Continue Reading →
Knowing when to tip over or How I plan to write more this year. Tuesday’s Tip
We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out. -- RAY BRADBURY, Zen in the Art of Writing I do a lot of research and find a lot of cool documents and stories. I've put them together in some sort of... Continue Reading →
Weaving in the Current Events of the Time into Your Ancestor’s Story: Tuesday’s Tip
We look at census records and changes in families as their story. But they lived in a time and place. Their lives weave through history. As I work on my Kinship Determination Project for my CG and the family I'm trying to learn more about the county they lived in, Smyth County, Virginia to understand... Continue Reading →
Tuesday’s Tip: Public Profiler Worldnames
OK, I don't know if this is going to break down any of your brick walls, but if you are like me, it was fun to play with. I started on Public Profiler Worldnames and entered my maiden name Gillespie. This is the distribution of the name across the world. Well at least in the countries... Continue Reading →
Tuesday’s Tip — Stop Searching, Start Analyzing
I've been on Vacation, a girl's weekend in New Orleans. So I've been away from my blog. Good weekend! New Orleans is an amazing town. So I've been working on my Sources. I really thought this was going to be tiresome, but it's not. I'm actually slowing down and looking at the images. And rethinking... Continue Reading →
Tuesday’s Tip — New Job, Punctuation and New Perspective
After 4 years at Ancestry.com I'm working at a different job and therefor not paying as much attention to my blogging the last few days. I'm now the product manager for Institutional and Library version of our product working with Kim Harrison. I'm super excited about learning how we can best serve libraries and other... Continue Reading →
Tuesday’s Tip — Ancestry Magazine on Google Books
Although it's no longer being published, you can still access copies of Ancestry Magazine on Google Books. Starting with the first issues in 1994: Up until the last issues in 2010: There are all sorts of great articles in here. And it's all free!
Tuesday’s Tip — Ask Ancestry Anne’s Top 20 Search Tips
I posted a series of Search Tips specific to Ancestry.com and thought that they might be worth rehashing here. Here are my top 20 search tips: Shaky Leaves -- Ancestry.com will do searches for you Place Pages -- 30,000+ data collections organized by country, state and county. Great way to find data collections you may... Continue Reading →