HeyJaredKnext Gen Genealogy
I’m Lex Knowlton and I’ve been doing family and local history research for over a decade. I publish most of my findings here on Substack.
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Knext Gen Weekly #2 (opens the original)
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What did I do this week?This week, I was not able to engage with my research as much as I would have liked. Between kids, work, and our household getting a cold, there wasn’t much time left for family history. But I still managed to accomplish a few things. The AuditI have continued with the big audit… even though my squirrelly brain is screaming “I’m bored, let's chase something shiny” - I’ve stuck to my guns, and kept going. I’ve fully fleshed out my great-grandfather,
Knext Gen Weekly #1 (opens the original)
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What did I do this week? The Big AuditI made headway in my family tree audit, working up my paternal line first. I did get a little bogged down in extra research but with my new “objective and aims” tool I was able to get back on track and stick to my plan to only verify I had accurate birth, marriage and death records for each ancestor. The main detour I took was with my great-grandfather and his career in the United States Merchant Marine. I spent far too much time making tables in sheets and
Stay Focused: Creating Aims & Objectives for Genealogy (opens the original)
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I’m taking the Society of Australian Genealogists Genealogy Methods course over the next 6 months, and I’ve already learned some really useful tricks. The course is being run by Danielle from Generations Genealogy, whose website I would recommend checking out. Today I want to talk about one method I think will be helpful to MANY genealogists — especially those who get overwhelmed with the sheer volume of their research and what to do with it. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="ht
Genealogy Case Study: Using the FAN Method (opens the original)
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In genealogical research, there are multiple methods you can employ to go deeper into the record sets and find missing links. One useful way to do this is the FAN method. FAN stands for Friends, Associates & Neighbours. It’s basically anyone within your ancestors' lives who wasn’t a family member. Although not relatives, these people can still offer invaluable insight into the lives of our research subjects. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$
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