Top Ten "Go To" Family History Records for Genealogy: Walk With Me: 2023

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  • Опубликовано: 30 окт 2024

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  • @mrfarmdog
    @mrfarmdog Год назад +2

    Hi Connie. Your videos are one of my "go tos" for education. Thank you! I have a question that might be a good topic, which is how to determine family linkage with reasonable certainty when there is no direct documented connection. In my brickwall, I have documented a GGGGF back to 1807 to his marriage record but finding out who his father was is hard because there are several candidates and he would have been a child in a HH in the 1800 census. I don't think DNA would be helpful since it is back 5 generations. I am curious to get your perspective on how much evidence is enough to decide with confidence and move on. The FAN method and Excel HH mapping has been very helpful/insightful but also time consuming. Also, I think most info on Ancestry is incorrect in this situation and perpetuated, which limits the value of their service. Thanks

    • @mrfarmdog
      @mrfarmdog Год назад

      Also, you may have this covered already in another video, so if you could point me to it, that would be great.

    • @GenealogyTV
      @GenealogyTV  Год назад +1

      Thanks for the compliments. Your question is timely. I just gave a presentation on Proving Your Lineage a couple of days ago in the Genealogy TV Academy. The short answer is there is a process we go through. For your situation, with several "candidates" do the "reasonably exhaustive research" for each of them, study the FAN club. By researching all of them extensively, you'll find more records to correlate which hopefully will allow you to eliminate some and confirm others. If you want to learn more about the GTV Academy, go here genealogytv.org/about-genealogy-tv-academy/ The replay of the Proof lesson will be on the Academy website (hopefully) sometime this weekend.

  • @henrys9716
    @henrys9716 Год назад

    I’ve taken your advice countless times, especially the thing you said about newspapers. I’ve uncovered so much information about my family through looking at newspapers. Thank you!

  • @arlindanelson7928
    @arlindanelson7928 Год назад

    Great tips, walk and neighborhood. TFS

  • @DNAConsultingDetectives
    @DNAConsultingDetectives Год назад +4

    Thanks Connie! I had to stop this video to look up a will! What a treasure trove! It listed 14 nephews and nieces, their parents and children plus where they all lived.

    • @GenealogyTV
      @GenealogyTV  Год назад +2

      Wonderful! Yeah... Happy Dance.

  • @judyspencer3495
    @judyspencer3495 Год назад

    Wow and Thank you! This is my first time watching, as you just showed up on my FB feed a week or so ago. I look forward to watching all of your excellent information. Thanks again.

  • @atfundramccoy8999
    @atfundramccoy8999 Год назад

    What a amazing resource thanks for sharing this...

  • @DoraMichelleThomas
    @DoraMichelleThomas Год назад

    Hi Connie, Thank you for sharing your expertise. I am fairly new to genealogy research but not knowing my father's true family sent me on a quest to find answers. I did my DNA and have been blessed to find nuggets on Ancestry. I am building my tree and doing my husband's also. I love this. I have made my share of mistakes but your videos help me correct and double check my work. So thank you so much, you are truly a blessing to me.

    • @GenealogyTV
      @GenealogyTV  Год назад

      You are so welcome! Welcome to the genealogy family.

  • @kevinjordan1168
    @kevinjordan1168 Год назад +1

    Thank you, Connie. I hadn’t thought to look in the state censuses.

  • @patrickdeady410
    @patrickdeady410 Год назад +2

    As always, your videos are packed with awesome information! Thanks for giving us your tips including the health one of getting moving! I have been in spain this week and walking around was a given!!

  • @RuthI118
    @RuthI118 Год назад +1

    Thank you for taking us on a lovely walk! Looking forward to hearing more on land records.

  • @skr664
    @skr664 Год назад

    Thank you for the tips and for reminding us to get up and move! :)

  • @katrinaassoumou6400
    @katrinaassoumou6400 Год назад

    Look at you. Great job because walkings helps the body as well as the mind for new things. Enjoy the walk. Amen

  • @junebutka6571
    @junebutka6571 Год назад +2

    Great list. I’ve used them all.

    • @GenealogyTV
      @GenealogyTV  Год назад +1

      Thanks June. Hope you're doing well.

  • @lisaaneepeacock
    @lisaaneepeacock Год назад

    Thank you for all of your wisdom… you have helped me break down a few brick walls!!

    • @GenealogyTV
      @GenealogyTV  Год назад +1

      You are so welcome. Thanks for supporting the channel.

  • @ThisIsMyYoutubeName1
    @ThisIsMyYoutubeName1 Год назад

    Just found your channel. I’ve been searching for more resources because my great great grandfather is impossible to trace. He’s on every one of his children’s obits, I have a photo of him (missing an eye) but he only existed during the time he was married to my 2x great grandmother. No grave (he was catholic, died between 1940 and 1950, so couldn’t be cremated), they have him linked to families that aren’t matching. It’s the closest relative (born around 1892) that I cannot trace. All my other branches go back to 1500’s. How is this man so hard to find has left me dumbfounded for years

  • @richardhoover4471
    @richardhoover4471 Год назад

    Great video! Loved seeing what I am assuming is your neighborhood! And great tips for all of us to keep in our minds when doing our research! Thanks, Connie!

  • @Sunjoy1
    @Sunjoy1 Год назад

    Love the info and the walk about 😁

  • @jeffreygebauer1253
    @jeffreygebauer1253 Год назад

    Actually looked up a will for my great-grand uncle and listed all his beneficiaries (nieces and nephews) and show my Grandma and Great-Aunt. I knew all the names but still interesting to see.

  • @debbeb4499
    @debbeb4499 Год назад +2

    Yes, yes, yes on city directories! In the mid 1800s in Philadelphia there were maybe 15+/- surnames listed for my paternal side. I hadn’t even known of the existence of most of these folks, but when looking at the addresses it was easy to see who was related to whom-4 of them at one address!! One of them was a 3rd great grandfather whose name I hadn’t known. In a different family line, I also found the only mention by name of my super brick wall 2nd great grandfather outside of his children’s death certificates when a directory listed “Emma wid. Eugene” thereby also providing an approximate death date for him. Much happy dancing.

    • @GenealogyTV
      @GenealogyTV  Год назад +1

      Yes...yes...yes! Approximate date of death... great find in city directories.

    • @msorlean1
      @msorlean1 Год назад +1

      Yes, that has been so helpful to find death dates, especially between 1800 and 1900 census where there is such a large gap. I was also able to find my paternal grandmother and her family since I started out with very little information. They've helped with a lot of breakthroughs for my research.

    • @debbeb4499
      @debbeb4499 Год назад +1

      @@msorlean1 It's great fun to find things in unexpected places.

  • @suellenw561
    @suellenw561 Год назад

    City directories are mentioned often in lots of places, but are they just directories of people who lived in a CITY. My ancestors were mostly farmers who lived away from the city -- sometimes many miles from the nearest city or even small town.
    Maps are great. I found a few showing where property owned by family was located. Many of those were handed down in the family as you suggested.

    • @GenealogyTV
      @GenealogyTV  Год назад

      I have found city directories in rural areas. Just put it in your work flow to check for them no matter where they lived.

  • @BillTxn
    @BillTxn Год назад +1

    I'll have to watch this video a second time...too distracted by the lovely homes in your area!

  • @suzannemcclendon
    @suzannemcclendon Год назад +3

    Thanks for another great video. My very favorite records are the old newspapers.
    While listening to your video (your neighborhood is beautiful, by the way!), I found the wedding announcement (hymenial) for my third great-grandmother's first marriage. I descend from her second marriage. It lists where she was married, where that was near, the wedding date, the officiant's name, the names of the bride and groom, and name of the bride's father (Mr. A. Walker). Thankfully, I already have her father's full name, but if I didn't, this would still be a clue. I'm still hopeful to find one for her 2nd marriage. I do have record of her 2nd marriage in a book compiled by my husband's 1C1R, a compilation of Edgefield County marriages. The author got the information from a source that I have yet to find, but thankfully, I have contact with the county archives, who sent me my 3rd great-grandmother's will and probate package. :)
    Keep up the great work. Merry Christmas!

    • @GenealogyTV
      @GenealogyTV  Год назад +2

      Thanks Suzanne. Merry Christmas.

    • @suzannemcclendon
      @suzannemcclendon Год назад

      @@GenealogyTV You're welcome, Connie, and thank you, too.

  • @Kati_diaryofamom
    @Kati_diaryofamom Год назад

    Great list! Thank you for putting it all together. Could you please tell me the brand of you wireless mic 👍🏽 Thanks again!

    • @GenealogyTV
      @GenealogyTV  Год назад

      amzn.to/3uN4nmJ Rode Wireless Go II

  • @suelawrence3966
    @suelawrence3966 Год назад

    I’m so looking forward to Rootstech in March as well! Will you be presenting?

    • @GenealogyTV
      @GenealogyTV  Год назад +1

      I will not be presenting but I’m going to be there. 😎

  • @cherylpuzon6616
    @cherylpuzon6616 Год назад

    Thank you. I neeed to check the County in which I was born if they may have info for my 2 siblings who didn't survive. Issue is: they were home births. I never thought to check the Coubty. I was born at the hospital. There is a record.

  • @cindradaniels40
    @cindradaniels40 Год назад

    Also with getting the records from the cemetery itself, if you do not know who the funeral home was, they also have records and get those too. I found good information on my great grandfather that I did not know. So just another document to find to go with the death information.

  • @GenealogistBuchanan
    @GenealogistBuchanan Год назад

    Excellent. Maybe add local histories, which I find particularly useful in Canada.

  • @heidimurray6672
    @heidimurray6672 Год назад

    Hi Connie, I am really enjoying your videos. If I join your Genealogy Academy, does it include the worksheets that correspond with these videos, or do I still need to join the patreon for these worksheets? Thank you! Heidi

    • @GenealogyTV
      @GenealogyTV  Год назад

      Hi Heidi, The GTV Academy is completely separate from the RUclips materials. The handouts from the RUclips videos are the same on Patreon.com/GenealogyTV (Happy Dance) and for the RUclips Channel Members (Info Access)... those are the same. It's just the Academy that is different lessons and handouts.

    • @heidimurray6672
      @heidimurray6672 Год назад +1

      @@GenealogyTV Thank you for your quick answer. I joined The GTV Academy last night and I am really enjoying it so far. I am hoping to use some of your techniques to break through my brick wall Barnes ancestor. Thomas Barnes was born in North Carolina in 1799, but I have yet to find further information on him. I am a very "disorganized" researcher, so I hope to fix that with your techniques!

    • @GenealogyTV
      @GenealogyTV  Год назад

      @@heidimurray6672 Welcome to the Academy Heidi!

  • @pattyscott5800
    @pattyscott5800 Год назад

    Are handouts available for free to members of the Genealogy Academy or do we need to purchase them? Thanks

    • @GenealogyTV
      @GenealogyTV  Год назад

      The handouts on the RUclips channel are different than what you find on the Academy @Patty Scott. In order to get the handouts from the RUclips channel you need to join at the Information Access level ($9.99/month, then find them in the membership tab) or join at Patreon www.patreon.com/GenealogyTV at the Happy Dance level ($15/month, emailed to you as they come out). Now is the time to join because for the last 14 days of the year, I'm reposting one video every day with handouts, so you can scoop them all up. Same ones on RUclips channel membership as on Patreon... but different from Academy. Great question. Thanks for asking.

    • @pattyscott5800
      @pattyscott5800 Год назад

      @@GenealogyTV Thanks for clarifying Connie 😊

  • @desertpatient
    @desertpatient Год назад

    Thanks bunches

  • @barbarawerfal9665
    @barbarawerfal9665 Год назад

    Do your newspapers cover small towns?

    • @GenealogyTV
      @GenealogyTV  Год назад

      In many cases yes.

    • @barbarawerfal9665
      @barbarawerfal9665 Год назад

      @@GenealogyTV thank you for all of your prompt responses. You have helped me a lot.

  • @junebutka6571
    @junebutka6571 Год назад +1

    I increase my walking daily.

  • @janetcarlson4923
    @janetcarlson4923 5 месяцев назад

    There are problems with census records. 1. Most cencus were done by a person. If a resident wasnt home, the census taker would go to a neighbor so information about ages could be wrong.
    I was taught there ate primary and secondary spurces. Primary sources are vital tecords while other records are 2nd. Primary gives details but 2nd gives the story.

  • @karen27649
    @karen27649 Год назад

    Do you have any suggestions if there's a DNA match of 399 cm which is pretty high and you can't figure out on the other person's tree how you're related and they won't answer you

    • @GenealogyTV
      @GenealogyTV  Год назад

      Create a floating tree and start researching that line until you start to see matching surnames. Eventually you'll connect the dots. Great question... here's a video... How to Create a Floating Tree on Ancestry ruclips.net/video/9PPaHCZjqIQ/видео.html Remember to copy th e URL of the floaters and keep track of them Otherwise the only way to search them is in the tree view... if you remember their name.

    • @GenealogyTV
      @GenealogyTV  Год назад +1

      I might use your question in a future video. Great question.