Week 3: People with a Presidential Namesake in my Family Tree

Children are often named after their parents, grandparents, close family, or friends. I’ve even seen children given a name based on the location of their birth. One trend that I noticed in my family tree was naming children after United States presidents. Have you noticed this in your family tree?…

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Research Like a Pro: Research Planning

I mentioned in earlier blog posts that I had signed up for the Research Like a Pro e-Course created by Diana Elder, AG and Nicole Dyer from FamilyLocket.com.

In the first three lessons, I created a research objective, analyzed existing sources by creating a timeline, and created a locality guide for Steuben County, New York.

In this lesson, we start bringing everything together that we have done in all previous lessons. For me, this step in the process was when I started to see all my hard work from the previous lessons really pay off. I felt that I knew what I was looking for and felt great about the direction I was moving with my research.

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Research Like a Pro: Locality Research

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