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The Lighter Side / Re: How Do They Do It In The U.S.
« on: Wednesday 19 November 08 20:47 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Comosus on Sunday 16 November 08 11:29 GMT (UK)
Tracing back your family tree can only go so far. Quite frankly, anyone who claims to have traced back to Adam and Eve or Jesus has been using inaccurate/incorrect information. This thread just shows why information submitted to the LDS should be taken with a handful of salt.

Andrew

Make that two handfulls, please.

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The Lighter Side / Re: How Do They Do It In The U.S.
« on: Saturday 15 November 08 23:58 GMT (UK)  »
As an American I can tell you how I do it in the US.  I read books. I visit libraries.  I search for facts.  I document sources.  I do NOT research *exclusively* on Ancestry.com.  I *do* utilize the internet and search abroad for much the same - books, vital statistics, parish libraries, universities etc. I post querys to message boards,  mailing lists and search for contacts who may have the information I'm looking for outside of the US and inside of the US.  It's fun. I can appreciate those on-line family trees that are extensively sourced and cited.  One day maybe I will have a tree that is just blooming fantastic. (I don't hold out and  hope for blue blood though.)

The question was a fair one.  I hope that my American "root digging techniques" have  helped.

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The Lighter Side / Louisiana
« on: Saturday 31 May 08 19:22 BST (UK)  »
How many Roots Chat members have an ancestor who was from or traveled to Louisiana?

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The Lighter Side / Re: How did you find Rootschat?
« on: Saturday 31 May 08 19:18 BST (UK)  »
http://en.geneawiki.com/index.php/List_of_genealogy_publications GeneaNet's GeneaWiki!  Genealogy Guide > Tools > List of genealogy publications and ... *ta dah*... RootsChat.  That was fun.

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