Comments on: Family History: Necessary skills http://blog.myheritage.com/2013/01/family-history-necessary-skills/ Sun, 19 May 2013 14:33:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Christopher Pitcher http://blog.myheritage.com/2013/01/family-history-necessary-skills/#comment-48768 Christopher Pitcher Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:04:43 +0000 http://blog.myheritage.com/?p=29311#comment-48768 I learned that by teaching others of my Ancestry they have become interested in their own I learned that by teaching others of my Ancestry they have become interested in their own

]]> By: Arthur Watty http://blog.myheritage.com/2013/01/family-history-necessary-skills/#comment-47531 Arthur Watty Sun, 06 Jan 2013 22:37:11 +0000 http://blog.myheritage.com/?p=29311#comment-47531 I have learnt that our forefathers did not tell us "ALL" I have learnt that our forefathers did not tell us “ALL”

]]> By: Jean Mulder http://blog.myheritage.com/2013/01/family-history-necessary-skills/#comment-47524 Jean Mulder Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:24:56 +0000 http://blog.myheritage.com/?p=29311#comment-47524 Genealogy is like doing a puzzle 'I'll go to bed after I find one more piece'..but then finding that piece just drives me on to find one more and suddenly its 2A.M.!! For anyone with Dutch folks in the Groningen province, there is an incredible website www.allegroningers.nl Just type in the last name and have fun! I've learned to read Dutch and thank goodness my husband still speaks and reads the language! Happy Hunting. Genealogy is like doing a puzzle ‘I’ll go to bed after I find one more piece’..but then finding that piece just drives me on to find one more and suddenly its 2A.M.!!
For anyone with Dutch folks in the Groningen province, there is an incredible website http://www.allegroningers.nl Just type in the last name and have fun!
I’ve learned to read Dutch and thank goodness my husband still speaks and reads the language! Happy Hunting.

]]> By: Donald GALLEY http://blog.myheritage.com/2013/01/family-history-necessary-skills/#comment-47511 Donald GALLEY Sun, 06 Jan 2013 15:12:36 +0000 http://blog.myheritage.com/?p=29311#comment-47511 Have you watched CBS's "PERSON OF INTEREST" on TV? It's one of my favorite programs. Its premise is that a super surveillance system is able to bridge time and location in order to track individuals in order to find out what affected their lives and how those answers influence what happens later in that persons life. THAT, to me, is what genealogical research is. Going back in time to discover old truths, to view a person or family in a different time or place. We take the information we find there to find answers to questions like, "What brought him/her to this place at this time?" and then, perhaps we are able to go even further back or forward in time in order to discover and make sense about the truths of our heritage. Have you watched CBS’s “PERSON OF INTEREST” on TV? It’s one of my favorite programs. Its premise is that a super surveillance system is able to bridge time and location in order to track individuals in order to find out what affected their lives and how those answers influence what happens later in that persons life.
THAT, to me, is what genealogical research is. Going back in time to discover old truths, to view a person or family in a different time or place. We take the information we find there to find answers to questions like, “What brought him/her to this place at this time?” and then, perhaps we are able to go even further back or forward in time in order to discover and make sense about the truths of our heritage.

]]> By: Joanne Elizabeth Fletcher http://blog.myheritage.com/2013/01/family-history-necessary-skills/#comment-47476 Joanne Elizabeth Fletcher Sun, 06 Jan 2013 03:51:35 +0000 http://blog.myheritage.com/?p=29311#comment-47476 I have had to find a program that will translate from English into German, Danish, French, Slovak, Cyrillic, and more. For a basic translation, I am using googletranslate.com to obtain basic translations. I have also found out that a "cousin" is connected to the First Earl of Montrose (Clan Graham) and the First Earl of Northesk (Clan Carnegie). There is a "Knight" in a branch of my extended genealogy. As there are links to nobility, this the means that I am genealogically connected to the Nobility and Royalty of Europe. I have relatives either living or dead in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, other parts of Oceania/Pacific, Africa and maybe the Caribbean. My relatives are Asian, European, Eurasian, South American, North American and African, Kiwi and other nationalities. They are now of many different nationalities. I have learnt to navigate Ancestry.com, Australian Archives, Rootsweb.com, myheritage.com and many other sites and institutions relating to genealogy. I can talk the legs off a horse when it comes to genealogy. (Australian saying). I have also come to the conclusion that here in Australia, that those who arrived here up until the mid to late 20th century are quite possibly all genealogically connected, even if we don't have an actual kinship title. It is rewarding to find living relatives or other people who can help you confirm or tell you to reject information. I have had to find a program that will translate from English into German, Danish, French, Slovak, Cyrillic, and more. For a basic translation, I am using googletranslate.com to obtain basic translations.

I have also found out that a “cousin” is connected to the First Earl of Montrose (Clan Graham) and the First Earl of Northesk (Clan Carnegie).

There is a “Knight” in a branch of my extended genealogy.

As there are links to nobility, this the means that I am genealogically connected to the Nobility and Royalty of Europe.

I have relatives either living or dead in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, other parts of Oceania/Pacific, Africa and maybe the Caribbean. My relatives are Asian, European, Eurasian, South American, North American and African, Kiwi and other nationalities. They are now of many different nationalities.

I have learnt to navigate Ancestry.com, Australian Archives, Rootsweb.com, myheritage.com and many other sites and institutions relating to genealogy.

I can talk the legs off a horse when it comes to genealogy. (Australian saying).

I have also come to the conclusion that here in Australia, that those who arrived here up until the mid to late 20th century are quite possibly all genealogically connected, even if we don’t have an actual kinship title.

It is rewarding to find living relatives or other people who can help you confirm or tell you to reject information.

]]> By: MARGARETFULLER http://blog.myheritage.com/2013/01/family-history-necessary-skills/#comment-47468 MARGARETFULLER Sun, 06 Jan 2013 01:51:50 +0000 http://blog.myheritage.com/?p=29311#comment-47468 ALL SO INTERESTING HAVE KEPT DATES AND MARRIAGES ,DEATHS ALL SO INTERESTING HAVE KEPT DATES AND MARRIAGES ,DEATHS

]]> By: Scott Phillips http://blog.myheritage.com/2013/01/family-history-necessary-skills/#comment-47445 Scott Phillips Sat, 05 Jan 2013 11:11:44 +0000 http://blog.myheritage.com/?p=29311#comment-47445 I'd add patience and attention to detail! I have become a crusader for documentation, not fairy tale genealogy. Have learned basics in three new languages, begun the study of palaeography, and much more of a historian than I even was before. Onward To Our Past! http://OnwardToOurPast.com I’d add patience and attention to detail!

I have become a crusader for documentation, not fairy tale genealogy.

Have learned basics in three new languages, begun the study of palaeography, and much more of a historian than I even was before.

Onward To Our Past!
http://OnwardToOurPast.com

]]> By: Jan http://blog.myheritage.com/2013/01/family-history-necessary-skills/#comment-47444 Jan Sat, 05 Jan 2013 10:53:58 +0000 http://blog.myheritage.com/?p=29311#comment-47444 Hi Shelly, I agree wholeheartedly with you. I've finally learned that finding the clue is the beginning, finding the fact is the reward! Hi Shelly, I agree wholeheartedly with you. I’ve finally learned that finding the clue is the beginning, finding the fact is the reward!

]]> By: Colin http://blog.myheritage.com/2013/01/family-history-necessary-skills/#comment-47430 Colin Sat, 05 Jan 2013 05:47:28 +0000 http://blog.myheritage.com/?p=29311#comment-47430 I have learned how to type German characters . I have learned how to type German characters .

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