041 - 3 Things You Need to Know About Ancestry's Hints

01/23/20 • 12 min

Ancestry's hints - those shaky green leaves that you see on your family tree - can be useful if you know their limitations.

Fun fact: You're missing the vast majority of records on Ancestry if you rely only on the hints.

You can find the show notes at AmyJohnsonCrow.com/41

Ancestry's hints - those shaky green leaves that you see on your family tree - can be useful if you know their limitations.

Fun fact: You're missing the vast majority of records on Ancestry if you rely only on the hints.

You can find the show notes at AmyJohnsonCrow.com/41

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040 - The Genealogy Research Process with the WANDER Method

Genealogy research is more than just gathering more and more records. It's even more than evaluating them. And the research rarely goes in a straight line.

In this episode, Amy describes her WANDER Method for the genealogy research process and how it serves as a path to follow so that you don't get lost.

You can find the show notes for this episode along with a free printable at AmyJohnsonCrow.com/40 .

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042 - 3 Types of Newspapers That Every Genealogist Should Know

Newspapers are a gold mine of genealogical information. But if you stop looking for them after using the daily or weekly newspaper from your ancestor's home town, you might be stopping too soon.

In this episode, Amy shares 3 other kinds of newspapers that you need to be familiar with, and where you can find them. These "other" newspapers are often more detailed than the mainstream newspaper and are well worth the effort to find them.

You can find the show notes, complete with links to resources, at AmyJohnsonCrow.com/42.