Finding Origins & Birth Families: Methods That Work
Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG®, CGL®
Content
Welcome
55s
Speaker's Introduction
1m 0s
Introduction
3m 15s
Misplaced Trust
7m 31s
Pet Theory
5m 29s
Incomplete Research
7m 38s
Lax Documentation Habits
4m 44s
Weak Analysis
4m 15s
Hope for Easy Answers
16m 24s
Taking Short-cuts
4m 8s
Final Case Study
7m 39s
Announcements / prizes
3m 44s
Questions / answers
8m 13s
About this webinar
The most important path an ancestor blazed along the way from his place of birth to where we first find him is usually not a trail that cartographers have conveniently charted for us. Successful researchers learn to recognize and analyze the elements of an ancestor’s life and times, as well as people, that serve as pointers to his path. This session examines the nature and causes of stalemates in our research; ten common traps and ways to avoid them; and innovative methodologies for working smarter, not harder!
About the speaker
Across a long career, Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG®, CGL®, FASG, FUGA, FNGS, has been an innovator of research methods and strategies. Published widely by academic and popular presses, she edited a natio...
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Comments (94)
Very thought provoking!
so thorough! Thank you.
She is brilliant!
As Always ESM gave another awesome Presentation
Excellent webinar from Elizabeth!!! Another wonderful and informative presentation!!! Can't wait for more from her.
Always love these clear and detailed ideas for additional places to look and how to better analyze and compile data.
This was a very interesting and informative webinar. Elizabeth Shown Mills is an inspiration for everyone to improve their searching and recording methods. Thank you!
I learn so much from every Elizabeth Shown Mills webinar. The handout from Finding Origins and Birth Families contains a very useful list of often overlooked resources, many of which I had no idea existed!