Targeted Research: How to Find Full Probate Packages on FamilySearch and MoreIn this episode, I walk you through a real-time example of how I conduct what I call targeted research—zeroing in on a single record type for a single ancestor. In this case, we’re hunting for the full probate package for Benjamin Franklin Booth of…
Academy members – Use this link to watch this YouTube video now available on the Academy dashboard. Grab the handout from either the Materials Tab or below the video as well. https://genealogytv.org/courses/2025-youtube-videos/lessons/targeted-genealogical-research-probate-example/
Academy members use this link to watch the presentation from guest speaker, Annette Burke Lyttle on the case study of Tillie Cigrand. This video is in the 2025 Live Classroom folder. https://genealogytv.org/courses/2025-live-classroom/lessons/parents-for-tillie-with-annette-burke-lyttle/
In this episode I was trying to identify how many John Henley’s there were in Perquimans and Pasquotank Counties (North Carolina) in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s. In this research I was using Quaker Records to do this, then outlined what I found in an Excel spreadsheet to keep track.
This episode is available to watch, ad-free on the Academy dashboard in the 2025 YouTube videos folder. Use this link to navigate directly to the lesson and don’t forget the handout in the Materials Tab. https://genealogytv.org/courses/2025-youtube-videos/lessons/proof-summaries-familysearch/
If you’ve ever added information to the FamilySearch Family Tree only to have someone change it later, this episode will help you bring clarity and confidence to your conclusions. Today we’re talking about proof summaries—what they are, when to use them, and how they can help you “prove yourself” on FamilySearch’s world collaborative tree. When…
