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Genealogy Chat 12th July 2014 | Working to the Genealogical Proof Standard
In genealogy circles in the US, you'll often find somebody who is 'working to the Genealogical Proof Standard' (GPS) or at least working towards it.
What is the GPS? Why does it matter? Is it ...
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Weekly Chat and topic challenge: Using more than one record type to answer a question | Week of 19 Jan 2018
Here's what's on my mind this week: Why do people settle on just one record to answer their research question?
In other venues, I see people asking all the time how many records they need to prove ...
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Editing challenge: making questions and answers more shareable
As we approach Winter Bash 2016, let's run our eye over the site and look for questions and answers that can be freshened up, keeping in mind What makes a question (and its answers) worth sharing?.
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Genealogy Chat 1st week of Month | Monthly Workshop
Do you find yourself asking questions that have multiple questions in them? Do you have a problem you're working on, but you aren't quite sure what questions you need to ask? Would you like someone ...
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Genealogy Chat 28th June 2014 | Starting Over? Why and When?
If you spend any time in the genealogy/family history corners of the Internet, sooner or later you'll encounter somebody 'Starting over' -- re-tracing and re-recording their research.
When is this a ...
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Genealogy Chat week of 11 December 2015 | Data migration and transitioning to new genealogy software
This week Ancestry.com announced that its desktop software Family Tree Maker will no longer be sold as of 31 December 2015, and that support will end after a year (1 January 2017).
Let's talk about ...
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Genealogy Chat week of 6 November 2015 | Workshop on searching the 1939 Register
Let's chat about the hot topic of the month: the release of the long-awaited 1939 Register. Share your search tips and triangulation strategies -- and if you've unlocked any of the records, talk ...
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WWI centenary and finding records about WWI service members
This was posted as a proposal for a conference room chat.
Two of the big genealogy websites are having free access weekends this week in honor of the centenary of WWI.
Find My Past is/are offering ...
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Genealogy Chat 17 May | Somebody is wrong on the Internet!
You've put your heart and soul into researching your ancestors, and made the fruits of your labours available on the Internet. And somebody has taken all your hard work and added it to their tree ...
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Weekly chat: writing things down -- research plans, journals, and logs | week of 10 Mar 2017
This week let's talk about ways to keep track of what you're doing with your research. This week's chat was inspired by a webinar at FamilySearch by David Dilts on using research logs -- but logs are ...
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Genealogy Chat: Prompts: help or hindrance? | week of 24 Feb 2017
Topic Challenges. Blogging Prompts. That presentation on a special topic that you just saw at a genealogical society or at the Family History Library. Do they give your research a needed boost of ...
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Genealogy Chat week of 27 Jan 2017 | Making the most of your conference experience
As we're all looking forward to RootsTech2017, which takes place from 8-11 February, let's talk about going to conferences -- whether in person, or via live-streamed video. How do you decide what ...
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Weekly Chat: using 'born digital' databases and index-only databases | week of 18 Nov 2016
Let's talk about the challenges of using online databases that don't have any images attached.
two new sites which are a huge boon for those of us studying family history in England, Wales, and the ...
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Weekly Chat: Turning the model upside down | week of 29 July 2016
Inspired by a post from The Ancestry Insider: Turning the Model Upside Down, who was reporting on Steve Rockwood's keynote address given at the 2016 BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy.
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Weekly Chat: DNA Research -- the Good, The Bad, The Ugly | week of 15 July 2016
If you could design the ideal genealogical DNA-testing and match-analying service, what would it be?
What features are great, which not-so-good, which are really ugly? Explain your "If I were master ...
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Weekly Chat / Challenge: Have you reviewed your research lately?
For this week's chat, a challenge: Have you reviewed your prior research lately? What about your questions and answers here on G&FH.SE -- have you learned about new resources that have come ...
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Weekly Chat: | What I learned at the 2016 SCGS Genealogy Jamboree | week of 10 Jun 2016
Each June, the Southern California Genealogical Society holds their annual conference, the Genealogy Jamboree. This year's Jamboree is from 3 to 5 June.
Some sessions are streamed live and are ...
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Weekly Chat: Finding hidden records | week of 20 May 2016
Our weekly chat and topic challenge this week is to explore how we can find records in unexpected places. For instance -- if you can't find someone's marriage in BMDs or vital records, there may be ...
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Weekly Chat: Organizing your DNA research | week of 13 May 2016
AncestryDNA changed the algorithm that they use to show matches recently (see AncestryDNA’s Cutting-Edge Science Gets Even Sharper posted by Ancestry Team on May 2, 2016, tagged AncestryDNA, on the ...
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Genealogy Chat week of 25 December 2015 | New Genealogy Toys?
Did you discover new websites, get new software or hardware, a new subscription or new records, or receive new DNA test results?
Come chat about what's new in the Conference Room -- ask questions, ...
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Genealogy Chat week of 27 November 2015 | Searching Ancestry: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Following up on last week's chat topic New Ancestry: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, let's talk about the main areas of the site. Some of the new record collections, like the recently-added collections ...
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Genealogy Chat week of 20 November 2015 | New Ancestry: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Earlier this year, Ancestry introduced "New Ancestry" as a beta. Now they have announced that the new look-and-feel will become permanent on 14 (Australia) and 15 (United States) December. Have you ...
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Genealogy Chat week of 30 October 2015 | Tales from the graveyard
Do you have a story to tell about tracking down the final resting place of your family members? Come chat with us and talk about what finds you've made (and the misadventures you may have had while ...
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Genealogy Chat week of 23 October 2015 | Using archives and libraries for your family history research
Have you tried searching for your focus person by name, and come up empty? You've hit all your usual haunts, and don't know what do to next?
A wealth of material is waiting for the researcher who ...
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Weekly Chat | Genealogy Do-Over -- Week 13 – 27 March – 2 April 2015
To kick off our Weekly Chats for 2015, for the first 13 weeks, let's follow along with Thomas MacEntee's Genealogy Do-Over.
The topics for Genealogy Do-Over – Week 13 (the final week) are:
Securing ...
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Genealogy Chat, week beginning 27 September 2014 | Uh-oh! These weren't the DNA test results I was expecting!
This week's chat topic is inspired by blog posts that were posted in Roots, our main chat room.
This month, genetic testing company 23andMe was in the news because of a planned change in the way ...
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Genealogy Chat, week beginning 13 September 2014 | Improving the Weekly Chat
Drawing from an existing Meta Q&A on Improving the weekly chat, this week's chat will be to discuss ideas for doing just that!
For those who aren't aware, we currently hold a chat in a ...
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Genealogy Chat, week of 16 August 2014 | Interpreting Photographs
Photographs are a different kind of record. I know that I often don't give them much attention. However, they can offer quite valuable information. Not only specific items in the photograph, but also, ...
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Genealogy Chat 26 July 2014 | Graduating the Site
We are fast approaching our 650th day as a Beta site of Stack Exchange.
Our Beta Site Stats Summary is available to review so let's brainstorm any ideas you may have to help put us further along the ...
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Genealogy Chat 19th July 2014 | Stay at Home Genealogy
Not all of us have the budget for genealogy travel, so making the most of the internet and local research avenues is important. Share and receive tips on how to conduct thorough research locally and ...
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Genealogy Chat 14th June | Researching the Female Line
There are unique challenges to tracing the female line, at least in Western cultures. Name changes (sometimes many of them) every generation. Relative lack of property records. Not named in many birth ...
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Genealogy Chat 29 Mar 2014 | Understanding Historical Contexts
Our topic of the week for March 29, 2014 will be: Understanding historical contexts.
Historical context not only helps us hunt down those unique clues, but it also gives us a fuller picture of who we'...
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Genealogy Chat 18 Jan 2017: What's on your bookshelf?
Our topic of the week for 18 January 2017 will be: What's on your bookshelf?, suggested by ColeValleyGirl and Jan Murphy.
"What books do you find invaluable in your research -- perhaps 'how to' ...
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Genealogy Chat 14 Dec 2013: Mistakes we've made
Our topic of the week for 14 December 2013 will be : Mistakes we've made, suggested by Jan Murphy.
We've all made mistakes and learned lessons the long way around. They're not all that fun at the ...
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Genealogy Chat 23 November 2013 : Getting the most out of the big sites
Our topic of the week for 23 November 2013 will be : Getting the most out of the big genealogy sites.
Many of us use one or more of the big genealogy sites, such as Ancestry, findmypast, ...
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Genealogy Chat week of 18 December 2015 | Location, Location, Location
Place names and boundaries change over time, but our genealogy software often encourages us to standardize on a particular set of place names. But knowing the historical jurisdictions of the time can ...
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Genealogy Chat week of 13 November 2015 | Finding and analyzing military records
Remembrance Day / Veterans' Day was this week. Did you find any new information about the service members in your family? Do you need help finding or interpreting something in their records?
Come ...
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Genealogy Chat week of 16 October 2015 | Getting a clue -- mining documents for pointers to other research
As a follow-up to FamilySearch's United States Research Seminar which concluded today, our topic this week picks up from the final lecture, "Some People Really Need to Get a Clue! Document Analyzation ...
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Genealogy Chat week of 9 Oct 2015 | Getting the most out of Electoral Registers
Electoral Registers -- lists of voters -- can be a fantastic resource for filling in gaps in your family's timeline. But they can be a challenge to find and to work with.
How do you find them? ...
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Genealogy Chat week of 18 Sep 2015 | Keeping up with the Joneses
How do you keep up with the new record releases from your favorite websites? And how do you incorporate the 'new' collections into your research plans? Share your tips and techniques.
The chat will ...
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Genealogy Chat week of 14 Aug 2015 | The Genealogical Proof Standard: a soundly reasoned, coherently written conclusion
In Genealogy Chat 12th July 2014 | Working to the Genealogical Proof Standard, ColeValleyGirl asked:
What is the Genealogical Proof Standard? Why does it matter? Is it applicable outside the US,
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Genealogy Chat week of 7 Aug 2015 | The Genealogical Proof Standard: resolution of any conflicting evidence
In Genealogy Chat 12th July 2014 | Working to the Genealogical Proof Standard, ColeValleyGirl asked:
What is the Genealogical Proof Standard? Why does it matter? Is it applicable outside the US,
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Genealogy Chat week of 10th July 2015 | The Genealogical Proof Standard: analysis of collected information
In Genealogy Chat 12th July 2014 | Working to the Genealogical Proof Standard, ColeValleyGirl asked:
What is the Genealogical Proof Standard? Why does it matter? Is it applicable outside the US,
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Weekly Chat | Genealogy Do-Over – Week 12: 20 -26 March 2015
To kick off our Weekly Chats for 2015, for the first 13 weeks, let's follow along with Thomas MacEntee's Genealogy Do-Over.
The topics for Genealogy Do-Over – Week 12 are:
Sharing Research
Reviewing ...
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Weekly Chat | Genealogy Do-Over – Week 11: 13 - 19 March 2015
To kick off our Weekly Chats for 2015, for the first 13 weeks, let's follow along with Thomas MacEntee's Genealogy Do-Over.
The topics for Genealogy Do-Over – Week 11 are:
Reviewing Social Media ...
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Weekly Chat | Genealogy Do-Over – Week 10: 6 - 12 March 2015
To kick off our Weekly Chats for 2015, for the first 13 weeks, let's follow along with Thomas MacEntee's Genealogy Do-Over.
The topics for Genealogy Do-Over – Week 10 are:
Reviewing DNA Testing ...
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Weekly Chat | Genealogy Do-Over – Week 9: 27 February – 5 March 2015
To kick off our Weekly Chats for 2015, for the first 13 weeks, let's follow along with Thomas MacEntee's Genealogy Do-Over.
The topics for Genealogy Do-Over – Week 9 are:
Conducting Cluster Research
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Weekly Chat | Genealogy Do-Over – Week 8: 20-26 February 2015
To kick off our Weekly Chats for 2015, for the first 13 weeks, let's follow along with Thomas MacEntee's Genealogy Do-Over.
The topics for Genealogy Do-Over – Week 8 are:
Conducting Collateral ...
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Weekly Chat | Genealogy Do-Over – Week 7: 13-19 February 2015
To kick off our Weekly Chats for 2015, for the first 13 weeks, let's follow along with Thomas MacEntee's Genealogy Do-Over.
The topics for Genealogy Do-Over – Week 7 are:
Reviewing Genealogy ...
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Weekly Chat | Genealogy-Do Over Week 6: 6-12 February 2015
To kick off our Weekly Chats for 2015, for the first 13 weeks, let's follow along with Thomas MacEntee's Genealogy Do-Over.
The topics for Genealogy Do-Over – Week 6 are:
Evaluating Evidence
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