Cluster Research: Using Groups of People to Find Your People
Robyn Smith
Content
Welcome
2m 0s
Speaker's Introduction
1m 34s
Introduction
6m 55s
Barnes Family
6m 38s
Simpson Family
8m 36s
Enslaved Ancestors Research
5m 29s
Fendricks Family
12m 41s
Smith/Harris Family
25m 29s
Announcements / prizes
4m 56s
Questions / answers
10m 27s
About this webinar
Our ancestors did not live in a vacuum. They lived, worked, socialized, and married in the midst of a larger group of people. Those people included not just family members but friends, neighbors, employers and fellow employees, fellow churchgoers, and business associates. Genealogists often refers to this group with the clever shorthand of the “FAN” club—their friends, associates, and neighbors. Researching this larger group of people often leads to greater success in reconstructing families. Ms. Smith provides guidelines and several case studies of applying the technique.
About the speaker
Robyn Smith has been researching her family and others for over twenty-five years. She specializes in court and land records, genealogy skill building, and slavery research. A respected speaker in the...
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Comments (207)
Loved this presentation - kept me glued to my screen. I have an ancestor who was married several times but claim to only be married once too! Love your laugh!!!! This has been one of my favorites!
And that is why I'm sitting at my computer looking for people all day long! It is a never ending search. Loved your presentation.
Great info and case studies. Thanks so much.
Excellent webinar! Outstanding research. Thank you for sharing!
Robyn always exceeds my expectations. I learn so much from her every single time. I am so thankful for her and her methods for sharing. I love the reminder not to get bogged down but to learn from the strategies in the case studies. Robyn, thank you for sharing with us!!!
My husband calls me the perpetual student as I am always taking a class or listening to a lecture. This was an excellent presentation and the best examples I have seen explaining the process of Cluster Research. I too enjoy using Word instead of Excel, but I had not thought about using it for making tables. I am certainly going to check out Robyn's website for other suggestions to streamline my research process. Thank you Robyn and I look forward to viewing more of your presentations.
Robyn has a wealth of information and practical suggestions as well as having a motivating presence. Her enthusiasm is infectious!! she has validated my recent efforts to look" beyond the family" for clues to locate elusive family members.
Many good ideas on clustering. Will have to use them.