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that I've had more luck adding to the facts I
already knew. This past year especially has been
very productive thanks to the help I've been
given,


I had the same thing happen -- found a man who had written a book on one my lines and that took me all the way back to the 1600's in Switzerland -- I was amazed -- but then it also opened a few new questions which I now need to resolve. That's the way it works -- a big step forward and a few steps back.



I now have 14,951 individuals in my database. When you get started, you don't know when the least thought-of connection pops up.
I could probably set up my own library with all the genealogy books and references that I have collected over the years. Since I love to read about history and mystery, genealogy is the perfect hobby for me.


I started about age 16 writing down what my grandmother could tell me in my diary. Little by little I picked up odds and ends here and there. My Uncle Damon helped me very much by putting me in contact with a distant cousin who had lots of info and pictures for me. She also took me to the cemetery where my great grandfather was buried. Then I went to work with the Mormons at one of their groups and they were super helpful helping me do a GEDCOM and submit it to Salt Lake City so it could go into the big records which they save in case I were to lose my work (fire or something). They showed me how to enter things correctly and get great printouts. You can actually do some of this work online and I need to get back to it but have gotten distracted by many other things. I keep hoping to find someone who has done much of the work and then I can just link on. I have known quite a few people who have had that great good luck. I cannot get back "across the water"....sigh!


Thanks,
Marilyn

I've been out of pocket because of a writing deadline AND conducting more family research that I weave into my fiction novel. I recently found out that I have a host of white relatives that possibly don't know they have black cousins. I'll keep digging and hope to meet them.
View some of my old pictures at www.patsimmons.net




Robin, I have considerable experience with Cherokee genealogy and a lot of resources. Let's go to private emails and I will see if I can help you. Send a couple of people's info: name, DOB, DOD, POB, POB, MD on DOM at POB (spouse--all same info). Start with your great-grandparents and tell me a little about where they were and when and with whom, then your grandparents. geniesearcher@yahoo.com


Robin, I put a few books on researching American Indians on the "ethnic-American-Indian" shelf of the group bookshelf. One of the books is a down-loadable Kindle book! I use the Kindle reader on my iTouch and love it. There are Kindle readers available for other devices too so you don't have to own a Kindle to get

That is great! It is so important to verify! When I first started, I dutifully entered (by hand, no way to download) a genealogy that had been passed down. Then, I went to verify and had to lop off a section. (Fortunately, it didn't effect too many people.) I actually found an article in an NGS magazine explaining the published genealogy had been in error. I love PERSI!!!! I might not have found it without doing the PERSI search.

Didi, Thanks for volunteering to help Robin. I love the way genealogists are always reaching out to help!
Just a reminder to all, this group is for free support of all who are members. We now have several professional researchers who participate. I'm setting up a separate discussion thread where those who wish to promote their services may post their specialty. All offers of professional services should be posted to that thread. Offers to help folks in other sections of the group are assumed to be free-of-charge.
Thanks again Didi for all you do to help others. It is the way of Genealogy!


Didi, I was assuming that was the case!
I just thought I'd give folks a 'heads up' since we now have several professional genealogists. I also thought it would be good to give folks a place to post their specializations in case a member of the group is interested.
Commerce on Goodreads has been a problem in some of the other groups I participate in. Fortunately, this group has been great!






I had been being pushed to research family for a while in junior high and high school but ignored it for the most part. then when I was older and the elders who were urging me into it were gone I wished I'd not ignored it. The usual genealogical lament.
Then I formed a new best friendship with a fellow parent in the neighborhood and in our conversations we discovered we were both into researching family tree -- and away we went -- we went at it for a decade or so and then it got lost in life events until recently since we are both now retirees. In fact husband and I will join her and her husband in February at a day long genie seminar in their town a ways north from us and we are kicking around the idea of a week sojourn with help in Salt Lake City just to get motivated if nothing else developes.
Off to check out the books listed!