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Updated the data on Boyd-Family.net

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

The whole reason I set this site up in the new format last fall was because it would be easier to update…Since then life happened and I just realized I haven’t. Updated the data that is. So today I did…Update that is.

Now, unfortunately, that doesn’t mean everything is up to date…No, that would be too easy. My Ancestry.com subscription makes it easy to do research…But hard to move the data from the internets to my database. So in the process of chasing some families online I have yet to put the data into my Legacy database so it can be moved here. Bear with me. It’ll happen.

Anyhow, the site is now as up to date as my database is. I’ll try to make a note to update it more often…

Remember…The Username is Guest and the Password is history

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Boyd Family Reunion 2009

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Genealogy Research Process Map – Version 2 | ThinkGenealogy

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

In the last two and a half months alone, the original Genealogy Research Process Map post received 500 pageviews. Version 2 of the map has only a few changes. Besides fixing two typos, the arrows separating the 6 process steps where moved up next to the step headers. I did this to help it look more like a timeline. Looking at the map, there are three main “rows”: the circle diagram, the process timeline, and the process details. The idea is to start in the middle of the diagram to understand the steps in the process: Define, Search, Cite, Analyze, Resolve, and Conclude.

Genealogy Research Process Map – Version 2 | ThinkGenealogy.

I really like the way this chart is laid out…It walks you through the thought processes behind your research. I see it being a help in just about any project you are working on…

Passing It On: How do you define ‘home?’

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

How do you define ‘home?’

Cal Lehmer’s house Where do you call home?

Is it your present residence? Or is it someplace you’ve lived in the past?

If you’re a “home is where the heart is” type of person, you probably have several places that you could rightfully call home. Any place that brings to mind the warmth and love of kind people and pleasant memories probably qualifies. But there’s a practical side to whittling that list of homes down.

Passing It On: How do you define ‘home?’.