Genealogy Helps and Lookups

September 16, 2026

Am I Researching My Family or Just Collecting Records?

I caught myself doing something recently that I have probably done many times without thinking. I found a record I had been searching for, downloaded it, named the file, put it where it belonged, and almost immediately started looking for the next one. The strange part was that I had spent more time finding and saving the record than reading it. I had what I wanted, but I had barely stopped to ask what it was telling me...

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September 14, 2026

The People I Almost Walked Past in the Family Tree

When I am working on the Moneymaker side of my family in Virginia, there is always a pull to keep going backward. Find the parents, then their parents, then see whether another generation is waiting in an older record. That part of genealogy can be hard to resist. But sometimes, while following that line, I notice someone sitting just off to the side: a sister who never married, a brother who moved away, a child who died young, or a relative living in the household whose connection is not immediately clear. I have learned that these are often the people I should stop and look at before moving on...

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