Here are some new developments in my life: – I decided to stop taking genealogy clients because I wanted to focus my very brief “genealogy time” on developing my BCG portfolio. I did learn that client work is definitely in my future, but I can’t do anybody justice while I spread myself too thin. – I…
Author: Kate Challis
Yesterday’s BCG work
Yesterday I was able to solve my missing marriage problem by translating one of these buggers. At least reading these land records is a lot quicker than reading the 60+ pages of my “land records,” AKA Wells Fargo Home Mortgage HUD. Yay! I have a solid Case Study that I’ve solved and written a draft for!…
BCG work
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…
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…
“Did Vlčovice records really begin in 1720?” OR Using finding aids on Vademecum.cz to undertand Czech Jurisdictions
I’ve been struggling with the idea of jurisdictions ins the Czech lands. Jurisdiction is the official power to make decisions. The jurisdiction matters in genealogy because most of the documents that are left behind are remnants of various religious or political events. Vital records were recorded both for religious reasons (the Bible illustrates the importance…
Land Records: Introduction
I often find myself in the position of trying to research something online, and not being able to find an answer. I then do my own research, and realize that if I share what I have learned, the next person who comes along might be able to build off the knowledge that I shared. Usually,…
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….
Another way of putting “illegitimate”
Scrolling through the parish registers, I found this entry. “Spurius” is probably another way of saying, “illegitimate.” The other big clue from this register is how his mother is enumerated; instead of listing a father first and then a mother, it’s, “Apollonia, filia defti Georgii Lekesch” – Apollonia, daughter of the late George Lekesch.