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Genealogist’s Codes of Ethics

September 30, 2020 jsheliga

This month for ProGen we were asked to read Chapter 5 of Professional Genealogy PPS edited by Elizabeth Shown Mills…

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Posted in: ProGen Filed under: APG, BCG, DNA, Ethics, Genealogy, NGS, ProGen

My Ancestry Stats

August 5, 2020 jsheliga

The CoronaVirus has provided me the opportunity to work on my genealogy a lot these past months. I think back…

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Posted in: Ancestry Filed under: Ancestry, Crista Cowan, FGS, Hints, Online Trees

My First Day with Land Platting!

August 4, 2020 jsheliga

Today in my Researching Families in Pennsylvania (RFIPA) course, we learned how to use a land compass and read metes…

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Posted in: My Educational Plan Filed under: Ancestry, Barney Whittaker, Covington, Deeds, FamilySearch, Land Platting, Land Records, Metes and Bounds, Pennsylvania, Peter Whittaker, Research Trip, Richmond, Tioga, Whittaker

Revolutionary War Pension was Little Better than Nothing!

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My DAR Revolutionary War Soldier, Samuel Harding, received a pension from the Federal Government for payment of his service. His…

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Posted in: Family Filed under: Court House, DAR, Fold3, Judy Russell, Legal, Pennsylvania, Pension File, Revolutionary War, RFIPA, Samuel Harding, Tioga, Wellsboro Agitator

GRIP: Practical Genetic Genealogy with Blaine Bettinger

July 24, 2020 jsheliga

This week I took the Practical Genetic Genealogy with instructors Blaine Bettinger, Karen Stanbury, and Paula Williams. With the CoronaVirus,…

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Posted in: GRIP, My Educational Plan Filed under: Blaine Bettinger, Corona Virus, DNA, GRIP

ProGen49 – Month 2: Transcript, Abstract & Research Plan

July 21, 2020 jsheliga

Our assignment this month was to read Chapter 13 in ProGen PPS (Problem Analysis & Research Plans), Chapter 16 in…

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Posted in: ProGen Filed under: Abstraction, Analysis, Cattaraugus County, FamilySearch, Feedback, Land Records, Online Trees, Probate, ProGen, Research Plan, Research Question, Tom Jones, Transcription, Val Greenwood, Will

Changes to AncestryDNA cM Threshold

July 20, 2020 jsheliga

Recently Ancestry announced that their DNA database has now hit 18 million test takers and that they were going to…

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Posted in: DNA Filed under: Ancestry, Centimorgans, cMs, DNA, Genetic Genealogy

GRIP: ProGen Study Meet and Greet

July 19, 2020 jsheliga

Meeting virtually due to COVID, GRIP tried to emulate the networking and meet ups that you would normally have had…

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Posted in: GRIP, My Educational Plan, ProGen Filed under: GRIP, Networking, ProGen

Evidence Explained – QuickLesson 1: Analysis & Citation

July 18, 2020 jsheliga

In my effort of genealogy education, I would like to read through each of QuickLessons found on the Evidence Explained…

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Posted in: My Educational Plan Filed under: Analysis, Citations, Evidence Explained, QuickLesson, Research Log

Mastering Genealogical Proof Study Group with Cari Taplin

July 15, 2020 jsheliga

Each Wednesday for the past seven weeks, I have been participating in a Mastering Genealogical Proof Study Group with my…

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Posted in: My Educational Plan Filed under: Cari Taplin, Cyndi Ingle, Cyndis List, Mastering Genealogical Documentation, Mastering Genealogical Proof, Study Group, Tom Jones, Zoom

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