This is “Some Day We’ll Laugh About This…” Week–from 2 January through 6 January:<\/p>\n
My Genealogy Resolutions<\/strong> include increasing my computer skills and activity without sacrificing my commitment to scholarly integrity in the research I do.\u00a0\u00a0 Even though we have digital images far beyond our wildest dreams–they represent a minute coverage in the documentation we require to prove a pedigree.<\/p>\n Much of the data available on the internet is transcribed from transcribed, printed information–at least 2-5 generations from the original documents.\u00a0 And the records thus transcribed are usually selected<\/span>–that is chosen from the total number of documents available for any given event.<\/p>\n Readers of this blog often share with me the research they are doing on individual people and specific localities.\u00a0 And the total number of records they examine, is a revelation in and of itself, of the total number of records for any given event.\u00a0 When I read through such research, I have a keen desire to prepare a checklist of the specific items they reference.<\/p>\n Through 2013, watch this blog carefully for such checklists–these checklists of records guide me in the research that I do so I don’t miss the very document(s) that contain the proof of relationship that I seek.<\/p>\n What an exciting year we shall have exploring the documentation available for your ancestors–remember that I trace your family tree for you or teach you how to do it<\/strong> yourself.<\/strong>\u00a0 That’s my 2013 commitment to you, gentle readers.\u00a0 Stay tuned!\u00a0 Your favorite genealogist, Arlene Eakle\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/arleneeakle.com<\/p>\n PS\u00a0 And if I fail in my Resolutions, join me in laughing at the sensitive, human qualities that make a good genealogy researcher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is “Some Day We’ll Laugh About This…” Week–from 2 January through 6 January: Because…many of our Resolutions are funny in and of themselves Because…once made, Resolutions are easily broken Because…even if written down, Resolutions are forgotten almost before the … Continue reading