Aimee, you are so right about people skipping over their ancestor's siblings 😅 I am so guilty of that. Starting today, I going to focus on all the siblings too! Thank you for such a helpful video!
Such great and insightful observations and advice! As a relative newcomer to genealogy in the last 2 years, I have run into nearly every single issue you cite here -- and multiple times in some cases. I'm very grateful to hear your advice and logic on when to choose which record to validate birth, death, marriage, names, spellings, etc. (LOVE that 1900 census, right?) In my own journey I had eventually come up with these same conclusions through trial and error. So to hear a professional put words to my own observations and explain the logic behind it is deeply reassuring!
When I found my Aunt in the 1940 census, she was listed with the wrong middle name. I asked her. Turns out her parents disagreed and her Dad won, so her middle name was Elizabeth. But in 1940, her Mom must have answered with the name she had wanted - Jessie. LOL!
Poor people, servants, etc are very hard to track, it happened i got stuck with a woman born 1819, she could not be found in the place the record said she was born. eventually i had to go through every Parish in that region, and the neighbouring regions. Finally i had to give up
Sometimes an ancestor knew how to read and write in the old country . But would put a mark on documents in America. Just because they may not have wanted people to know that they could read and write. This was the case of my 2nd great grandfather. In Germany, I have a document with his signature on it. But in America, he would always put a X. Genealogy just a big family puzzle we continue to put together.
FABULOUS information!!!
Glad you think so!
Thank you! If only most researchers would take the time to do this.
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Thank you, Aimee! So much great information. ❤❤❤
You are so welcome!
Aimee, you are so right about people skipping over their ancestor's siblings 😅 I am so guilty of that. Starting today, I going to focus on all the siblings too! Thank you for such a helpful video!
You’re welcome. Good luck!!
Such great and insightful observations and advice! As a relative newcomer to genealogy in the last 2 years, I have run into nearly every single issue you cite here -- and multiple times in some cases.
I'm very grateful to hear your advice and logic on when to choose which record to validate birth, death, marriage, names, spellings, etc. (LOVE that 1900 census, right?) In my own journey I had eventually come up with these same conclusions through trial and error. So to hear a professional put words to my own observations and explain the logic behind it is deeply reassuring!
Thank you! So glad it’s helpful for you.
When I found my Aunt in the 1940 census, she was listed with the wrong middle name. I asked her. Turns out her parents disagreed and her Dad won, so her middle name was Elizabeth. But in 1940, her Mom must have answered with the name she had wanted - Jessie. LOL!
That’s funny!!
Poor people, servants, etc are very hard to track, it happened i got stuck with a woman born 1819, she could not be found in the place the record said she was born. eventually i had to go through every Parish in that region, and the neighbouring regions. Finally i had to give up
Yeah... it's true. Sometimes we get stuck. Poorhouse records can sometimes help, but not always.
Sometimes an ancestor knew how to read and write in the old country . But would put a mark on documents in America. Just because they may not have wanted people to know that they could read and write. This was the case of my 2nd great grandfather. In Germany, I have a document with his signature on it. But in America, he would always put a X. Genealogy just a big family puzzle we continue to put together.
Interesting! Thank you for adding that!
Wow, I've never heard of that!
In our family, my grandparents used their daughters middle names when they called them or spoke about them. We have no idea why.
That’s interesting! Kind of a fun family tradition.