Always make certain your wildcard searches catch everything you need. #genealogy genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/20...

The transcriptions at Ancestry, FamilySearch, etc. are suggestions. They are not official in any sense of the word. #genealogy

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"At at long ago event," was today's #genealogy tip of the day. genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/20...

Applications to get Social Security or applications for Social Security Numbers?

Anyone ever see a cover wrapper like this in a Union Civil War pension file? #genealogy

1895-that's the year of birth for the oldest person I ever spoke to about my #genealogy #familyhistory. What's the year for you?

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If you use AI for #genealogy, that's fine...just don't let it use you.

And sometimes it's difficult to know who provided the information for the obituary.

My uncle died in Indiana, buried in his Illinois hometown 282 miles away. The FindAGrave person, using his Indiana obituary (it didn't mention town of cemetery) grabbed the nearest Indiana cemetery with that name and assumed that's where burial was at.

If the obituary does not say where the person died, do not assume you know where they died. Do not assume they died in the town where the funeral home is at or where the obituary was in the newspaper. #genealogy

No matter what anyone says today, they have not located the 1890 US census. #genealogy

Gotta keep tabs on those county bondary changes. Although they are not the solution to every problem. #genealogy

My ancestor bought a dodo in Kentucky in the early 1800s. Not really. #genealogy

Guess where we are today? #genealogy

Have you used a social media post as evidence in your #genealogy database? Found one for a 2010-era death...and unless I can get the death cert., that may be all there is as there's no apparent obit or death notice.

Can old newspapers help you transcribe a document? #genealogy genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/20...

We've got three #genealogy trips planned for the duration of this year. genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/up...

When the mouse destroys #genealogy evidence.

Will be in Richmond, Virginia, next week at the Library of Virginia for four days of research. Can't wait for that and other #genealogy group trips we have planned in 2026.

Gotta have them. They give you perspective ;-)

True, but in rural areas ED maps so often follow township lines that they usually aren't a necessity. What one usually needs is a good county atlas. But when your family starts moving to urban areas...gotta have them.

I have to remind myself that exists as I personally have no US urban ancestors. My children do though.

Depending upon the place, a manual search is my go-to if I can't find them in the index fairly quickly.

And if you know where they lived, consider a manual search.

There’s always some new gadget that seemingly will change #genealogy forever. Sometimes it is a new website or piece of software. Often touted as something that the researcher cannot do without. That's bull. Access to sources, sound methodology, & a willingness to learn can accomplish quite a bit.

Do you have an ancestor that you know had a learning challenge of some sort? #genealogy