AF-001: 5 Ways To Tell If Your Genealogy Research Is Accurate | Ancestral Findings Podcast
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- Looking for ways to ensure the accuracy of your genealogy research? Here are five useful tips that can help you achieve the highest level of confidence in the field of genealogy.
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00:00 - Intro
02:10 - You Have Found the Same Information in More Than One Set of Records
03:09 - Your Research Matches the Research of Other People
04:03 - You Can Reverse Engineer Someone Else’s Work
04:49 - Look for Confirmation for Your Wild Assumptions
06:00 - Get DNA Evidence
08:02 - Next Time
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Great tips, I have learned these over time during my research. I try to avoid any assumptions without secondary evidence There was one family I found that was I found that lived in adjacent town that was I originally thought ti was the one I was looking for. Same Parent names, same children , same birth order and were about same age ( I later found records that disproved they were the family I was seeking....although I suspect they probably share a common ancestor) . Don't always assume it is not a match because of information in record. Today I found a new record with "Harvey" instead of "Irving" from a 1940 Census record --- which ended about being a match (confirmed with Ages. Town, Motherr, Child details) . It has only been recently were I have been looking for missing info (such as spouse and/or marriage info) in other members trees. Good Lucj
This is brings me back to the fact that I am pretty sure my family history of one of my great grandfathers is off by 20 years. Every time I came back with another piece of documentation I got nothing but push back from my family, but you can only explain away so many written records.
I needed this, thank you. I think I found an error somebody else made in assuming two different Marys and Henrys married together were the same. On my great great grandpa's WWI draft card he used his mother's maiden name and it was different to the supposed mother's maiden name, but similar to her middle. Plus, the Henry I found uses a variant of a middle name the other Henry had. One was a Scottish immigrant born in 1860 and the other a US born citizen in 1870! I've only found the 1870 Henry listed as the father of my great great grandpa; I can't find evidence the 1860 Henry or his wife with a different middle name are the same parents, but I also can't find evidence of his mother's listed maiden name in any records. Genealogy, I swear, it keeps me up at night
The reason why I know this is an error of one person is because I found somebody who made 3 different forum posts across more than a decade on various genealogical boards claiming 1860 Henry as the father, when censuses show 1870 Henry is. A genealogical group I asked for help even came across this but I've yet to dispute it until I can find evidence they're not the same person.
Great tips! Thanks, for sharing!
very helpful tips.
Thank you for the clear helpful information.
You're welcome! I'm glad you found the information helpful. Genealogy can indeed be a complex and sometimes uncertain journey, but it's also incredibly rewarding. If you have any specific questions or need further guidance in your own genealogical research, feel free to ask. Remember, every piece of history you uncover is a valuable part of the larger story of your family. Happy researching, and thank you for watching the video!
My Great-Great Grandfather's brother was married twice. I found the original marriage record and return. His descendants told me I was WRONG! I found his hand-written Will. I also found sworn depositions of his widow and her sister stating they were sisters, and they both stated their husband's names (who were deceased) AND that they both agreed on their sworn testimony. His descendants begrudgingly agreed I was right.
Great tips. Thank you.
02:10 actual tips start
I'm a 34yo US male of German decent, and I've been interested in tracking down my coat of arms for many years. I'm the only male in a large family who's able to pass on the family name (barring any progressing women who might choose to keep their name and pass it on to children... none so far). When my grandma passed a couple years ago, I received a cache of family historical documents that I previously was not aware had existed.
Apparently my great great grandfather, Karl Fehr, who was a German professor at Penn State in the early 1900s, was also an amateur genealogist. He spent considerable time tracing our family line back to it's roots in German, as far back as 1092. He had a friend in German that had helped him search for the documents in Germany.
The only record I have of our family coat of arms is a written description of it, detailing generally what is on it, the colors and a few other details. It's not nearly detailed enough to develop an accurate sketch from the description alone. Do you know if there is any way to track down my coat of arms with this information? Is there a comprehensive database of coats of arms that could be queried or simply manually scanned for images of coats of arms under my family name?
If you have reason to believe you have an armigerous ancestor from the UK, you can contact the Royal College of Arms in London, which covers England, Wales and Northern Ireland, or the Court of Lord Lyon, which covers Scotland. Be aware though that there is no such thing as a 'family coat of arms' that everybody with the same surname is entitled to use. That's a common misconception, particularly among Americans I've found. No idea what the situation might be in Germany.
@@nickmiller76 sorry, I accidently just reported your comment to CZcams (i was trying to reply and hit "report" by mistake). Hopefully CZcams realizes this was a mistake.
Anyway, what do you mean when you say there is no family coat of arms? Obviously there is a coat of arms with my family name on it (or at least that was intended to represent my family in some way). Are you saying there may be multiple coats of arms? Or do the coats of arms only apply to specific individuals or certain situations? I need clarification on what you meant.
As far as the details from my family coat of arms are concerned, the documentation I have on it is from the early 1900s. This wasn't from a Google search or anything. I have a letter written on a typewriter that describes it. It was discussed in a very matter-of -fact way, and there's no wording to suggest that the coat of arms didn't apply to my entire family. I've never heard someone say anything like what you're saying about coats of arms.
To my knowledge, i gave no Irish or British ancestry. I am 25% Scottish and come from the LaMont clan. I have some background on that side of my family too, including the LaMont coat of arms. So it's the Fehr side which I'm particularly interested in.
Thank you for this helpful article!
great tips..
Thank you and happy searching!
So far I can proved my parents are my biological parents and even I have connected through 4/5 cousins by both sides through dna / family tree matching ancestors so so far so good but I’m only as far as 1836 on one side the other side mids 1900 .
My dad does family trees on notebook paper
That sounds fun.
Haha, so do I. I made the mistake of buying a book that was published in the early 1900s about a particular line and most of it, by now, has been a TOTAL BS STORY!! I was so mad lol.
@@sarahMuahahaha Yeah, there's a few books like that around, and the writers always come across as so authoritative.
@Nick Miller it's not just the books.. I have come across blogs and even wikitree pages that make zero sense. I will see things like
"they snuck on a ship, they ran away from their wealthy parents, changed their name and fled their home country to escape someone"... also go back a couple generations and the dates listed don't add up... ummmm, a grandparent or parent can't be born AFTER a descendant!! Now, when I see certain people who have had direct maternal or paternal flow (all the way down) their haplogroups are North or West African and some are Native American... tell me again how those people (my ancestors in question) snuck over from Ireland or England?? 23&me does give me a small percentage of North African (Egyptian) and West African.. I have cousins that show bigger percentages and some of them do show Native American as well.. people can say small percentages of ancestry can be noise... but haplogroups DON'T LIE.
Well, as far as matching research with other people to see how correct your data is...that's all well-and-good, unless you both use the same resources that might be incomplete or inaccurate. For example, plenty of people sit on Ancestry for their only source. I've seen plenty of trees by people who are 'somewhat' related to me - but only use Ancestry as their source...unless they copy data from me. I've done more research by visiting towns and cities, going through the vital records and newspapers of those locations. And a lot of that information isn't available on Ancestry. On the trees of other people who are researching the same people, I rarely see anything new. It's either a total hash (repeated 'facts', names and whatnot), or a copy of the research I have done myself.
Also pencil genocide is a thing. Purposely putting down wrong info
8 1/2 minute video with 1/2 minute content.
Still good 👍🏼
It's spelled geneAlogy.............do you understand what you are talking about.................how can it take notice of you if you can't pronounce your topic??
Stavros
Very helpful note. Most cogent. Incredibly perceptive. Ultimately, the only comment that matters. Added immeasurably to the content. Would love a complete list of your subscriptions so that I can benefit from any other supremely sublime and insightful observations you make on other people's work.
@@mikephalen3162 He's right though.