Practical advice for genealogical researchers, covering methodology, source evaluation, and best practices for building a well-documented case.
Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Future: Have a Plan for Bequeathing Your Research, originally published 2 April 2020, TennesseePryors.com. This evergreen advice for managing your own archive’s transition to a new repository holds true with just a little refreshing. The preferable action is to donate your records now …
Museums, archives, and historical societies don’t magically fill with documents and artifacts — they rely on people like you and me to bring them in. I recently donated photographs to the Boone County Historical Society in Indiana. This was not my first donation to an archive, and I’ve learned a …
It’s surprising. When we let go in genealogical research we can get past research and writing hurdles. What can we let go? Today I’m digging in deep to write about my own family who migrated between two neighborhoods. The writing kept getting stalled because of these 5 points. I’ve let …
Are you interested in writing about your family? The current issue of the Tennessee Genealogical Society’s Ansearchin’ News is all about writing family histories. I was one of three writers interviewed about our interest in genealogy and the paths we’ve taken in pursuing genealogical writing (It’s striking how much we …
Fool me once… fool me twice… fool me over and over again. That may be the new saying that could describe AI and genealogy. It may be fun to use AI to generate images, maybe even generate images of imaginary kin, but how do we avoid fooling unsuspecting website visitors? …
