Today I spent about 4 hours searching for the marriage record for this couple in Světlov. I am hoping to use their case for my case study. I’m really annoyed that I can’t find what I’m looking for. I started writing down EXACTLY what I did as I did it, so that later I can…
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BCG Application Focus
I’m focusing all my genealogy energy this month into getting my BCG application completed! Even blogging has to come second to this, because otherwise another year will roll by and I will not yet be a CG. SO NOT HAPPENING AGAIN THIS YEAR. I’m going to do this! So my blogging is going to be painfully…
Why it’s OK to include unsourced ancestry.com family trees in your research
http://www.bcgcertification.org/skillbuilders/skbld135b.html Here’s an article that sums up my opinion on why it is okay to include unsourced family trees from ancestry.com in my research. Basically: “Effective family historians…exclude no potentially useful source, and they trust no unverified source.” USUALLY people have a reason for linking people in their online family trees. Maybe the reason is illogical, ill-thought…
Brief Overview of the Babinec project
So, you know how I mentioned that recently I’ve been focusing my efforts on getting my BCG portfolio prepared for submission? Well, I decided I would write about it on my blog. One of the requirements for the BCG portfolio is that the work be completely your own; no critique, review, or help from others….
Stay focused, Kate!
Hey blogosphere! I haven’t posted in about a week, but it’s because I have actually been working on some exciting genealogy work related to my BCG application. I have a dream of becoming a Certified Genealogist. It started over a year ago. I have been plugging along on my portfolio since the beginning of 2013….
Where oh where did my little George go? Oh where oh where can he be?
You marry the widow of Franciscus Babinec who has 9 children in 1745. You have one child with your wife in 1747, and no others (probably because she is getting on in years and no longer in a fertile stage of life). In 1755, your wife predeceases you. 5 of her children from her first…
March Blog Goals
Here’s my very meta-blogging post for you that is probably not going to be that interesting. I apologize in advance. Here are my blog/research goals for March: Blog every day! Answer at least 5 genealogy related emails every day! I am so backed up! I really apologize, blah blah blah. Seriously though. I feel embarrassed…
Uhersko, Banat
Yesterday, feeling frustrated, I contacted several of my Czech research contacts. Dr. Josef Šimíček emailed me back. He is a genius. He has written volumes and volumes of books that pertain to the exact area that I am researching, about the emigrants from the Moravian Czech lands to the United States, and mostly to Texas….
I need help with my Haidusek research
I’m reposting what I wrote on the Czech Heritage Society Yahoo Group page, because I am truly stuck and need help finding out what to do next. I’m frustrated because I used to have high hopes that this would turn into a component in my BCG portfolio application, but it looks like it won’t be…