Weekly Genealogy Toolkit
The Weekly Genealogy Toolkit is your dose of family history insights, tips and tools designed to empower your genealogical journey. Host Ed Adams will guide you through the rich tapestry of your family history. Every week, we will unravel new strategies, uncover hidden gems, and equip you with the tools needed to navigate the fascinating story of how you became you. Grab your notebook and a cup of coffee... there’s work to be done.
Episodes
6 days ago
Evolving Borders
6 days ago
6 days ago
I really love maps. I just wish that they wouldn't change so much. No, I'm not worried about the tectonics plates moving around the globe so much as the ever moving political borders that makes genealogy work so challenging sometimes. Sometimes answering the question of where your ancestor lived isn't so straight forward. Listen to this week's episode as we explore evolving borders and what that means for our research.
chronas.org
Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
David Rumsey Maps
Library of Congress Maps
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Sunday May 05, 2024
Your First Genealogy Road Trip!
Sunday May 05, 2024
Sunday May 05, 2024
Doing genealogical research from the comfort of your own home is great, but doing that work in physical repositories that have documents that no one has ever seen since they were created is amazing. Standing on the property of your many times great grandparents is a bucketlist item. In this week's episode I talk about ways to get the most out of your trip so that as soon as you finish your first one, you'll start planning your next one.
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
Dealing with burnout
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
Burnout maybe inherent in just about anything if you do it long enough, and genealogy is no exception. But if you find yourself sitting there staring at your screen, unable to summon the energy to continue the search... is that it? Are you done with genealogy? You don't have to be. Today I talk about a number of techniques to stay in the field, but give yourself a break.
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Sunday Apr 21, 2024
What's in a name?
Sunday Apr 21, 2024
Sunday Apr 21, 2024
You spend a lot of time looking at names when working on genealogy... but how much time are you spending thinking about those names? Chances are, you have some great clues for future research just sitting there in the names of the ancestors already sitting in your family tree. Listen now to learn what's in a name?
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Sunday Apr 14, 2024
Unindexed Records
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
Did you know that if you are just logging into the big genealogy websites, filling out a form and clicking 'search' you are leaving an entire world of information undiscovered. This week, we look at unindexed records and the potential gold mine that these represent. Where do you find them and how do you use them? Listen in to find out.
Sunday Apr 07, 2024
Search the Catalog
Sunday Apr 07, 2024
Sunday Apr 07, 2024
It's so easy to use the main search feature on Ancestry, My Heritage, Family Search and all the rest. You just punch in a name and click search. But where should you go when you do that and you don't see what you're expecting to find? Well, leave the main search page, and head over to the card catalog. It may seem intimidating at first, but you will thank my later.
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Sunday Mar 31, 2024
History Focus - The Brownsville Affray
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
History matters. This is the first episode in what might become a quarterly series, highlighting little known, but fascinating micro histories that you might be surprised to find when you start looking into the history of the world your ancestors inhabited. In this episode, 167 men get punished for a murder. How'd that happen?
Map of Fort Brown
Map of Brownsville
University of North - The Texas Portal to Texas History: https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/BRAF/
Amazon.com - Brownsville Texas Incident of 1906: The True and Tragic Story of a Black Battalion's Wrongful Disgrace and Ultimate Redemption, By William Baker: https://a.co/d/67dNJdT
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Sunday Mar 24, 2024
History Matters - Building your family's context
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
History matters. And not because it's helpful in understanding the present, or because it allows civilizations to learn from their mistakes, or because its ability to inspire. It matters because to your ancestors, it was their now. This week I talk about how I go about understanding the world of my ancestors.
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Trust No One - Analyze your sources
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Trust no one. Just because it's on an old document doesn't make it the truth. You'll never know if you've found yourself researching that small town with a big secret unless you analyze your sources. Get ready to shake up your tree, because there's some learning to be done.
Episode 7 - Types of Evidence: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/types-of-evidence/id1724689931?i=1000645822239
Sunday Mar 10, 2024
Research Logs - Stay on Track
Sunday Mar 10, 2024
Sunday Mar 10, 2024
It's easy to get lost when you are working on a challenging genealogy project. Try leaving yourself some breadcrumbs so you can retrace your path if you need to, or get back on track if it's been a while since you last worked on that project. This episode is all about research logs... the genealogical breadcrumbs.