In this questions and answer session we talked a lot about source citations, understanding why Ancestry’s source column does not always draw to other family members in the profile view, Y-DNA, and more.
0:00 Intro
0:02 1950 Census question from Shelly Dudley
3:17 Tammy’s source citation question
12:07 Evidence Explained by Elizabeth Shown Mills professional citations
15:05 Evidence Explained site using Sample Quick check models
16:55 Member suggested citation building resources
17:47 Hobbyist citation formats
19:42 Stable URL’s and using hyperlinks
21:02 FamilySearch citation “reason to attach this information”
23:55 Expanding on Crista Cowan’s Ancestry record connecting solution
28:57 GPS and coordinates question from Linda
29:56 Tip – FindAGrave allows GPS pindrop for coordinates marking graves
30:15 Chat questions
30:40 Profile picture resizing issue on Ancestry (Jeff’s question)
32:46 Using standardized location formats (Jeff’s question)
35:44 Finding an ancestor on census if enumerated more than once using Smart filtering
40:53 Diahan Southard’s “Ask the wife” genetic genealogy strategy explained
41:55 Recap of Connie’s NPE example and finding ancestor’s unknown father
49:42 Eliminating a district name in a location citation
50:09 Correcting primary location in FamilyTree Maker
53:00 When to use Title and Keyword search boxes for records
57:36 Card Catalog record sorting