Records, Research

Is It Really So?

This article was published on the Family History Guide Blog, “Handling Record Problems.” “It says so in that record!” … but is it really so? Sometimes the information we find in a record might not be a sure thing. Goal 7 of Project 4: Discover in the Family History Guide sheds some welcome light on potential… Read More Is It Really So?

Family Search

Try a New Source – NUMIDENT!

One of the new sources added to FamilySearch this year is NUMIDENT which stands for “Numerical Identification Files.” The U.S. Social Security Administration created NUMIDENT files to record the earnings of US workers and to determine what benefits each person was authorized to have. The index only contains information for deceased individuals and was gathered from… Read More Try a New Source – NUMIDENT!

Preserving Records

RELATIONSHIP BUILDING

Relationships change over time. Just consider the difference in your relationship with your parents when you were a child, teenager, young adult, married with kids, and when your parents are in their later years. Our strongest feelings about a relationship tend to be the nature of the relationship at the moment and we often forget… Read More RELATIONSHIP BUILDING