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My main working tree has 97,170 people, 15,204 photos, 4,350 stories and 104,142 records in it. I have decided it is time to prune my tree. I will be writing about each step in my process as I build new and smaller trees for each main family. Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07675714824919909105noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058397783739829398.post-90596333472224750212017-03-01T12:07:00.002-08:002017-03-01T12:08:43.485-08:00Do You Use Family Group Sheets?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Do you use family group sheets (FGS) in your genealogy research? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I live by family group sheets and you will be seeing a lot them here! I have been using them for years. I honestly don't know what I would do without them. I am particularly fond of this one by Ancestry.com which you can find <a href="https://c.mfcreative.com/SSS_INS/1.0.577/AIC/Cdn/Pdf/US/famgrec.pdf"> here.</a> I use family group sheets in a variety of ways.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Normally, I take these forms to a copy store such
as Office Depot and using 11 X 18 sheets I print the family group sheet on one
side and the pedigree chart on the other. However, for this project I
have decided to try something new. I find myself always writing
additional information on the family group sheet so decided to create my
own while using Ancestry's form as my basis. You can find my version of a <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HUXDBiyvELGsYuSQ1I85c08J8ZLCgqpZijsPbc_qnHo/edit?usp=sharing">Family Group Sheet here.</a></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What Do I Include On My Family Group Sheet? </span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Along with the information that you will find from Ancestry's form, I have included funeral visitation information (</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">name and address of funeral home, and the date), funeral information (name of church & address, and the date), burial information (name and address of cemetery, plot information), list of siblings for the parents, military service (enlistment/discharge dates, name of war/conflict, medals/honors) and because my maternal family has been Roman Catholic for generations I have included in addition to Baptismal and marriage information, First Holy Communion (name and address of the church and date) and Confirmation (name and address of church, date and sponsor). I have also included divorces (city and state, name of spouse and date). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Obviously not all of this information is applicable and what information doesn't apply can easily be omitted and/or deleted as necessary to the family in question. I have also included a small space for notes on the family.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">How Do I Use Family Group Sheets?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I use family group sheets at cemeteries all the time. Many of the families I have researched are buried in the same cemetery, sometimes they are together but more often than not they are in different sections. This is why I include funeral and burial plot information on my FGS! I have also found that it is easy to share a family group sheet with others and when I do this I also add my source information.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Many libraries and archives now have restrictions as to what
can or cannot be taken into genealogy research rooms. </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Using a family group sheet
allows me to "carry" </span></span></span>that family and there information where ever I go and </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>I
don't have to worry about jumping on a public computer to check my
Ancestry tree for the most basic of information because it is right
there on my FGS. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Let m<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e know how you use family group sheets<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> by leaving a comment here on my blog or at my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DawningGenealogy/">Dawing Genealogy Facebook Page.</a></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sources:</span> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"Download<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">able Family Group Sheets,"<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> pdf document,</span> <i>Ancestry</i> (https://www.ancestry.com/download/charts : 1 March 2017).</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span> </span></span>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07675714824919909105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058397783739829398.post-43235309059794640822017-02-07T06:57:00.000-08:002017-02-07T06:59:05.741-08:00The Plan for My Seedlings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I hav<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e been <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">giving my new blog a lot of thought</span> about </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">how I want to proceed with </span>these new seedlings from my main working tree that<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I use<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">at Ancestry<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The whol<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e purpose of this <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">journe<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">y</span></span> is to make smaller trees for each main family th<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">at are more manageable<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and describe how I am going about that transition.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>I also want to a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">voi<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">d bright shiny objects (BSO's) and the infamo<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">us rabbit holes we all tend to follow from time to time. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So I have come up with a <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">few ground rules for myself. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">While my main working tree is probably 75% sourced <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I can almost guarantee<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> that many of the hand entered ones are probably (1) inconsistent and (2) not up to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the standards of Elizabeth Shown Mills<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, <i>Evidence Exp</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>lained</i>. </span></span></span></span></span>Now as I enter each person into the new tree they will be properly documented <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">using <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Evidence Exp</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>lained</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This will ensure that my <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">sources will be consiste<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">n<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">T</span>his will also allow for other<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> researchers</span> to quickly find the i<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nformation</span> from my source list and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">reference</span> notes. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Many of the records and documents in my main working tree are from Ancestry. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">While that is a good thing I want to find alternatives to using Ancestry for every<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> source. In addition to using Ancestry<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, </span>I will also be looking to us<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e more records from</span> FamilySearch, Genealogy Ba<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nk, Fold<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, local, state and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">national</span> archives<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, libraries<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and</span></span> historical societ<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ies<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. </span>I <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">also </span>have a long list of cemet<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">eries</span></span> I want to visit,<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> research</span> and photograph to supplement my <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">work. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Many of the photographs in my <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">working tree are from my own personal collection<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> which I have built over the years with the help of my Mom and Dad and my aunts<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, Barbara, Bonnie and Sally who have all graciously shared their photos with me, of their lives and the lives of my ancestors. As I build <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">my little seedlings I will only be using <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">photographs that come from my personal collection or <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">which can be properly verified by me or another <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">family member. I will also be <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">watermarking" all photos that I use. I have been doing this for a few years now with photos used in my blogs<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. If it i<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s from my personal collection<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I will use something <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">like</span> <span style="color: blue;">"Dawn Kogutkiewicz, personal collection, 2017". If it is a photo from a fa</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">mily member's collection I will use </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">" Photo courtesy of Nina W., perso</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">nal collection, 2017"</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Over the weekend I read a blog post by Donna Cox Baker of the <a href="http://gegbound.com/">The Golden Egg Genealogist</a> titled <a href="http://gegbound.com/naming-conventions/#more-1960">What's in a Name? Conflicting Practicalities.</a> It<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> was perfect tim<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ing<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> for me to read this post<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> as I embark on this journey of buil<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ding my little seedlings. In the post<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, M<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s. Baker talks a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">bout the conflicting <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">naming practices in</span></span> genealogy and how it can effect the different genealogy software programs. </span></span></span></span></span>I<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">f you have not read it <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I encourage <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">you <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to do so. I will be implementing <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">some,<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> if not all of her suggestions.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have decided that if there is a question<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> about a p<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">erson or if I have not <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">been able to confirm particular details (i.e. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">military service, number of marriages<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, number of children) then I will be <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">making some type of profile picture that will encourage people to contact me to exchange information and ideas. Something that says <span style="color: red;">"Caution, </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">some information <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">may</span> not been confirmed. Let's ta</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">lk & work together. Email me at tiggerb40@gmail.com".</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have decided on how I will break down my trees<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">,<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> however, the final outcome <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">will be </span>merging my work together <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to combine</span> individual families t<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ogether<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I am not setting any type of time table for this project<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> at this time due to the fact some of these trees I have researched extensively and double checking <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">my <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">facts<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and sources will take lo<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nger. Here is the schedule I p<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">lan to follow:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1. The Williams family (my paternal lin<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e including my Aunt Sally)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2. The Rueff<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> family (my maternal lin<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e including my Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Kenny)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3. The <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Crenshaw family (<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">my Aunt Barbara's maternal lines)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">4. The Elbert family (my Uncle J<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">im's paternal lines)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">5. The Hoback family (my Uncle<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Bill's paternal lines<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">6. The Kitts family (my children's paternal grandfather's line)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">7. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Plowden family</span> </span>(my children's pater<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nal gr<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">andmother's line)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">8. The Bowman family (my daughter in law's maternal line)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">9. The Young family (m<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">y d<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">aughter in law's paternal line)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I received a f<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ew </span>comments about my main working tree after posting it in a couple of Genealogy Facebook groups wondering how I ended up with 97,000 plus people so I thought I would explain how I managed to let this happen. When I began researching my children's family tree I started with collateral research, though at the time I considered it my due diligence in recording each family's history. Then I joined Ancestry and began using FamilySearch to help fill in some of the records I was missing. In 2009, I began adding my information into an online tree at Ancestry. Using my research and chasing down the little leaf hints, adding photos<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, and </span>stories. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When I first started I had list of who I thought should be included in a family unit. Using myself as an example it goes like this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Name: Dawn M. Williams</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Parents: Bill and Nina Williams</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Siblings: Patty, Billy, Kathy and Susie </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1st Husband: Private<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Children: Kenny and David</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2nd Husband: Private (Only included because of public records)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Children: None</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3rd Husband: Tommy Kogutkiewicz</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Children: None</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">M</span>y first husband and I have children together and it was his family I started <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">researching first.</span> I have both his paternal and maternal lines going back to the late 1600's. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I also included<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> his subsequent marriages and children<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> going back 5 generations for all parties<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> whenever possible</span>. </span>As it </span></span>t</span>urns out <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">his current wife</span> and my father are distantly related!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have included my husband Tommy's family lines because he is the love of my life and also because his paternal grandparents immigrated from Poland in the early 1900's and I am looking forward to tracing his lineage. I have included all of Tommy's siblings and their spouses, their children and grandchildren. I have also included the spouses maternal or paternal lines so that their children have a complete tree too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have 4 siblings so I have included their spouses and children. I have also completed their spouses lines so that my nieces and nephews have completed trees to at least 5 generations where I can. When my son, David, announced his engagement I immediately began working on my daughter in law, Cassie's tree and filled it out as far as possible so that my future grandchildren would already have a tree waiting for them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As you can see my collateral research allowed me to add lines that were not always necessary but showed a more complete picture depending on <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">which</span> family you are looking at. There are some families were siblings from one family married siblings from a different family.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then there are also cousin marriages that <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">make looking at a pedigree chart interesting. </span>Then there are those lovely family members that had lives that <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">fall into the following categories: </span>tragic, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">interesting, inspiring<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> or legendary.</span></span> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Finally,</span> there are the Bright Shiny Objects (BSO's) and the rabbit holes I followed to see if I could prove a relationship to a celebrity such as a President, musician or historical figure or try to see if I (or my children) could join a lineage society such as the Daughters of the American Revolution or the Mayflower Society.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My goal for this project is to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">prune down the number of "unnecessary<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">" lines I have accumulated in the last 36 years. I mean do I <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">really need that 5th cousin's <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">spouse's line past their parents? Do I even need their parents if I choose to put the<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> parental</span> information i<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">n the "notes an<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">d/or comme<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nt<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s</span> section" of genealogy program? </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">r</span>ecently
in one of <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the many </span>genealogy related Facebook groups where a question was asked,
"who do you include in your research?". I replied with "I include
everyone"! I then went on to explain that my main tree is currently near
98,000 people strong but that I was going to begin dismantling this
tree into much smaller and more manageable trees. Then a <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">member of </span>this group<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>suggested that I start a new blog about explaining my process step by step. For the record here at the stats for my <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">primary tree<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">: 97,170 people<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, 15,204 photos, 4,350 stories and 104,142 records.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>Starting
another blog was not on my agenda for 2017. However, I think it could
be beneficial especially to someone who is new to genealogy. So I am here to tell you that this is how my new blog, </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Seedlings<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> from Dawning Genealogy<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>came to be reality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My goal is </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to make my tree smaller and more manageable however, I would like to share with my readers how I am doi<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ng this and the steps in <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">my process</span>. One of main objectives is to build these new trees in my genealogy s<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">oftware program first then upload th<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">at tree into Ancestry. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have decided to use<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> free basics version of <a href="https://www.ancquest.com/ver15.htm">Ancestral Quest 15</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> for this project. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For now I plan to post once or maybe twice a month on the proces<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s and the progress I have made<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Wikipedia</i> (<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABare_<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Oak_Tree.jpg : 2017</span></span>), "File: Bare Oak Tree"<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>© </b>2017, copyright <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Dawn M<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. Kogutkiewicz<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, writer and genealogic<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">al researcher of Seedlings from Dawning Genealogy</span></span></span></span>. All rights reserved.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07675714824919909105noreply@blogger.com6