10 Essential Genealogy Research Questions Answered: From DNA to County Records

[@whychromosomesmusic5766]

Pitas and fried Kasseri cheese and fried zucchini and cucumber salads with extra Feta and wash it down with a cold refreshing bottle of limonada while I was stationed at Iraklion Air Station, Crete, Greece -- THE best food I ever had in my entire life.

[@FamilyHistoryFanatics]

That sounds delicous.

[@prye1]

I didn't make it live, but am watching as quickly as I can. I know a Hulda, spelled a little differently.

[@whychromosomesmusic5766]

My great-grandfather, Franklin Henry Jernigan, was married twice. My great-grandmother died and then later he married Ruth Elvie Ladd. Her mother was Huldah Massey of Jefferson County, Alabama. Huldah was a common female given name among the pioneers of the county -- around 1820s and 1830s. I have a book that has a photo of Huldah (Massey) Taylor Ladd.

[@rover790]

I use Family Search a lot and have found in there multiple versions of the same baptism. I always open and try to look at the image if possible of every one. I have found some will not have a full date or complete place whereas others do. So possibly each one is from a different version of that same event. Such as in the UK you can get the local church record, the Bishops Transcript which the minister sent possibly quarterly to the Bishop of his diocese.

[@FamilyHistoryFanatics]

Yep. That's about right.

[@whychromosomesmusic5766]

I didn't perceive the first question as concerning only sources in family trees or attached sources. I took it to be any digital source such as in the Catalog titles of microfilm and/or digital book collections. I have dealt with a couple of problems there. One does have to do with entire microfilm collections being repeated under different labels, but, if you look at the microfilm number itself -- it will be the same and you can avoid going through the same microfilm or recording it under more than one title as the source of your research. Another similar problem is microfilm collections with titles that are incorrect. All of the above makes it very necessary to note ALL of the information associated with the microfilms -- authors, dates, numbers, etc. AND to physically check the microfilm themselves and don't just look at the label given to them by Family Search because they may be in error. In some cases a title may state that the collections of a particular county's records are contained in a microfilm, but, it may be that it is combined with records of numerous counties from the same state (such as church minutes) and to list all of the counties in the label for for microfilm would be too lengthy. Also the label may state the type of records (such as Probate) contained in the microfilm, but, physically viewing it may reveal that they are actually Land or Vital records (such as Marriage Registers) and not Probate records at all. Or there may be collections of different types of records combined on the same microfilm even if the title doesn't reflect that.

[@FamilyHistoryFanatics]

Wow. Yes. All valuable points. Thanks.

[@whychromosomesmusic5766]

Cotts Index? My favorite source: Family Search: Italian vital records (civil and church parish). Most difficult source: Find My Past -- have no clue where to begin. Most difficult specific source records? Colonial records that are faded and look like chicken scratches. However I have had some luck with Italian and Latin records were the "s" looked like "/" and other letters sometimes just as bad so maybe I could try to tackle some of those colonial records. I took one look at old Albemarle Co, NC records (1660's) and said, "No way!" lol Oh yeah Old Latin church records in Italy that have no index! lol Tedious process of looking at the records that DO have the index. Note the order of the comuni and THEN the priest's signature and IF the church parish is named (in Latin) note those words as well especially after the "Parrocchiali" and the "sub titulo" and then look for the ones you recognize in the non-indexed books. Some of the parish records have NO title at the top. Yeah agree those can be a real bear! lol I came to the conclusion that I really need to just learn Latin well enough to transcribe entire pages of those records. The up side of that is that it can be applied in soo many other nations' records including British Isles.

[@FamilyHistoryFanatics]

Sorry that I'm just now seeing this. Thanks for sharing your favorites and least favorites.

[@TheRealLorraineAliceCalderon]

Q. Ancestry got rid of the DNA Health. I can no longer read that report. How can I read the Health report if I download my DNA? I can't interpret it.

[@FamilyHistoryFanatics]

I'm not sure. Sorry. I wasn't a fan of the health component and I'm sorry it's not available for those who tried it out. However, you can download your DNA from Ancestry and then transfer your DNA to promethease.com/ for health reports. It's pretty cheap too.

[@TheRealLorraineAliceCalderon]

Q. Is this live?

[@FamilyHistoryFanatics]

It was live at Noon Eastern. We go live every other Friday.

[@TheRealLorraineAliceCalderon]

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