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They Had Names: Identifying Children Represented by Tick Marks in Pre-1850 Censuses

Early nineteenth century censuses represented children in a household with nameless tick marks in gender and age categories. Their identities tin can be discovered despite the absence of birth records past using the tick marks to determine an judge birth year then build an exhaustively researched FAN for the head of…

Early nineteenth century censuses represented children in a household with nameless tick marks in gender and historic period categories. Their identities can exist discovered despite the absence of birth records by using the tick marks to determine an approximate birth year and then build an exhaustively researched FAN for the head of…

Tue, June 15 2021: 0:00 UTC

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Misled past Records: Identifying Adam Cosner'southward Parentage

Pennsylvania and Ohio records, correlated with those of a German immigrant who died in Virginia revealed Adam Cosner's parents.

Pennsylvania and Ohio records, correlated with those of a German language immigrant who died in Virginia revealed Adam Cosner's parents.

Midweek, October 19 2022: 0:00 UTC

53:28

Hidden Stories: Using Analysis to Explore the Unexpected in Family History (a 2022 Reisinger lecture)

Tales of illegitimacy, divorce, and desertion aren't limited to soap operas and mod reality television. Discovering trails that lead to unanticipated events can be shocking, confusing, and exciting all at the same time. This session will explore how genealogists tin can apply the law, disharmonize resolution, and tools like date calculators and timelines to assist build a clearer agreement of some potentially challenging historical situations.

Tales of illegitimacy, divorce, and desertion aren't limited to soap operas and modernistic reality television. Discovering trails that lead to unanticipated events can be shocking, confusing, and exciting all at the same time. This session will explore how genealogists can utilize the law, conflict resolution, and tools like appointment calculators and timelines to help build a clearer understanding of some potentially challenging historical situations.

Fri, October 7 2022: 22:30 UTC

58:28

Finding Henrietta: Reconciling Conflicting Prove to Reveal a Woman'due south Identity (a 2022 Reisinger lecture)

Henrietta Dixon was never enumerated with individuals identified as her parents in a federal census. Records revealing her family unit members, including her begetter, are oft conflicting and open up new questions. Additionally, multiple marriages further obscure her identity. This instance study uncovers Henrietta's maiden name and emphasizes the importance of a focused research question when attempting to meet the Genealogical Proof Standard.

Henrietta Dixon was never enumerated with individuals identified every bit her parents in a federal census. Records revealing her family members, including her father, are often conflicting and open up new questions. Additionally, multiple marriages further obscure her identity. This case study uncovers Henrietta's maiden name and emphasizes the importance of a focused research question when attempting to meet the Genealogical Proof Standard.

Fri, October 7 2022: 21:15 UTC

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Consult via…Explore with…Discover through…Literature Reviews (a 2022 Reisinger lecture)

What if you could consult with genealogical experts each time your work slows? Together you could explore options for new paths of discovery. The right approach to a literature review allows you to practise that. Other experts have encountered the aforementioned challenges that you do, and they have written nigh them even if not overtly. These challenges could range from outset work in a new geography to parrying with a difficult brick wall. Larn how to conduct a targeted literature review, cull the information you need, and advance your research. A case report on the use of the FAN Order will highlight the methodology.

What if you could consult with genealogical experts each fourth dimension your work slows? Together yous could explore options for new paths of discovery. The right approach to a literature review allows you to do that. Other experts have encountered the aforementioned challenges that you exercise, and they accept written almost them even if not overtly. These challenges could range from offset work in a new geography to parrying with a difficult brick wall. Learn how to carry a targeted literature review, cull the information you need, and advance your enquiry. A case study on the use of the FAN Club will highlight the methodology.

Fri, October 7 2022: 20:00 UTC

1:02:16

The Hub of the Wheel: How Tracing a Blood brother with no Children Continued Ten Siblings (a 2022 Reisinger lecture)

A family unit from Ireland emigrated in a chain migration scheme to western Pennsylvania between 1825 and 1845. See how using the standards for researching connected the siblings and their descendants and led to their origins in County Tyrone.

A family from Ireland emigrated in a chain migration scheme to western Pennsylvania between 1825 and 1845. Run into how using the standards for researching connected the siblings and their descendants and led to their origins in County Tyrone.

Fri, October 7 2022: 18:00 UTC

52:53

Peeling the Onion: Getting to the Original Sources (a 2022 Reisinger lecture)

Genealogy Standards 38 and 58 strongly express a preference for using original sources. Diligent researching and a few tricks of the trade enable genealogists to observe original sources that underlie authored narratives and derivative sources.

Genealogy Standards 38 and 58 strongly express a preference for using original sources. Diligent researching and a few tricks of the trade enable genealogists to detect original sources that underlie authored narratives and derivative sources.

Fri, October 7 2022: 16:45 UTC

53:54

When Wrong is Actually Right: Amalgam Proof Arguments for Counterintuitive Conflicts (a 2022 Reisinger lecture)

Name changes, enumerator errors, and terrible informants can combine to create major inconsistencies in documentation. Records that, at first glance, appear to be major mismatches tin afterwards plow out to exist correct. Researching not-English-speaking immigrant families requires a condolement level with these layered conflicts-upon-conflicts. This session demonstrates how to use logic to ostend that a wrong-proper noun, incorrect-age, wrong-everything tape can actually be right, with an emphasis on immigrant families. Participants will acquire how to transfer that logic to a written proof statement.

Name changes, enumerator errors, and terrible informants can combine to create major inconsistencies in documentation. Records that, at kickoff glance, announced to exist major mismatches can after turn out to be right. Researching not-English-speaking immigrant families requires a comfort level with these layered conflicts-upon-conflicts. This session demonstrates how to use logic to confirm that a incorrect-proper name, wrong-age, wrong-everything record tin actually be right, with an accent on immigrant families. Participants volition learn how to transfer that logic to a written proof statement.

Fri, October seven 2022: 15:30 UTC

1:27:43

Ane Human, Multiple Names: A DNA-Based Case Study

Sometimes our ancestors seem to have appeared out of nowhere. That was the example with William Emmitt Hunter whose life before his 1910 Oklahoma marriage was basically unknown. One record—his application for a Social Security account number—provided self-reported data about his nascence in Due north Carolina and his parents' names. But his alleged parents could not be found. Without Dna, this example would non take been solved. But Deoxyribonucleic acid revealed that William was born as a Beddingfield, non a Hunter. Boosted research identified his name at nascence and traced him through multiple marriages, divorces, some other allonym, and indicated the possible reason why he changed his name and left behind his family unit and friends to get-go a new life in Oklahoma.

Sometimes our ancestors seem to take appeared out of nowhere. That was the case with William Emmitt Hunter whose life before his 1910 Oklahoma marriage was basically unknown. I record—his awarding for a Social Security account number—provided self-reported information nearly his birth in North Carolina and his parents' names. But his alleged parents could not be found. Without Deoxyribonucleic acid, this instance would not accept been solved. But Deoxyribonucleic acid revealed that William was built-in equally a Beddingfield, not a Hunter. Additional enquiry identified his name at nascence and traced him through multiple marriages, divorces, some other alias, and indicated the possible reason why he changed his name and left behind his family and friends to start a new life in Oklahoma.

Midweek, October 5 2022: 18:00 UTC

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