Q&A Session 4-20-22

In this Q&A session we talked about a variety of topics.  Scroll all the way down to see the timings for the entire session below.

1:06 What do with very old photos and documents that were glued into a scrapbook and is falling apart? 

Some of the answers are in the Q&A and some are in these two episodes on Genealogy TV about preserving old documents and photos (below the text).

2:13 Ancestry’s New Scanning App

3:54 Is there a way to add Godparents to our tree on Ancestry or if the partner wasn’t married how to document that on Ancestry?  How to edit relationships.

11:50 Looking for Mary Donohue. Where to go next for the original record.

22:54 Planning a trip to Salt Lake City for research. What do I do to prepare?

28:14 1940 Census question about names incorrect.  Derivative Sources conversation and editing transcriptions on Ancestry.

36:17 Filing System Questions

40:50 Question about Ancestry’s New Ethnicity Parental Splitting.

46:36 DNA Cousins Worksheet how to edit cells.

52:42 FamilySearch records not on Ancestry. What is the easiest way to get it on Ancestry. Using hyperlinks on Ancestry Sources.

1:01 Using Alternate Names or a.k.a.’s

1:09 1900 Census question, can’t find ancestor. Research and Timeline to help identify other records that might be alternative to the census.

1:11:45 Where else to look around 1890 without a census.

1:16:20 How to look for records pre 1850 census records.

? How to Archive Your Family History Documents, Photos, & Artifacts

? Document Preservation with The Archive Lady – Melissa Barker