The Research Like a Pro Genealogy Podcast

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RLP 139: Adding DNA Matches to your Ancestry Tree Mar 08, 2021

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Today's episode of Research Like a Pro is about organizing your DNA matches by adding them to your Ancestry tree. We talk about building trees for your matches within one master tree so you don't have a long list of Ancestry trees. We also go over how to add a floating or disconnected branch to your Ancestry tree to allow you to build your matches' trees and find the common ancestor. We review privacy settings for Ancestry trees as well as MyTreeTags.

Links

How to Add DNA Matches to Your Ancestry Tree by Nicole

Research Like a Pro eCourse

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Research Like a Pro: A Genealogist's Guide by Diana Elder with Nicole Dyer on Amazon.com

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RLP 138: Chinese Research with Linda Yip Mar 01, 2021

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Today's episode of Research Like a Pro is about Chinese Ancestry. We talk with Linda Yip, author of the website Past Presence and the new book, Getting Started in Chinese Genealogy. Linda tells about how to research Chinese ancestors in Canada or the United States. She also teaches us about Jiapu, Chinese clan genealogies and how they can stretch back 24-36 generations. We review the laws and history for Chinese immigrants and how that affected the records created. Linda shares about her experience at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy in the Chinese Ancestry and Genetic Genealogy courses.

Links

https://past-presence.com/ - Linda's website

An uncertain homecoming, Part I: WWII, the Chinese, and the fight for civil rights 1939-1967 - blog post by Linda

Getting started in Chinese genealogy - Linda's book

Chinese Genealogy Resources - Linda's list

Chinese Ancestry Course at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) - Virtual course Fall 2021

Canada Library and Archives website

C.I.9 Certificates From Vancouver and Victoria, 1910-1952 - Vancouver Public Library website

The National Archives at Seattle

Do you have a Chinese Immigration certificate? - blog post by Linda

Disenfranchised: Having, losing, and regaining the vote, a quick look at the laws 1872-1948

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RLP 137- Irish Research Part 2 Feb 22, 2021

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Today's episode of Research Like a Pro is about researching in Irish records. Jessica Morgan, AG, joins us again and shares her extensive experience researching Irish ancestors. We discuss the importance of historical context, the record scarcity in Ireland, and what is possible to find in the records that do remain. She also teaches us about Irish jurisdictions and the power of local history. Join us as we go over Irish record types and what can be found in them.

Links

Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Part 4: Records in Ireland https://familylocket.com/tracing-your-irish-ancestors-part-4-records-in-ireland/

Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Part 5: Irish Jurisdictions and Finding Your Ancestral Home https://familylocket.com/tracing-your-irish-ancestors-part-5/

Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Part 6: The Power of Local History https://familylocket.com/tracing-your-irish-ancestors-part-6/

Irish Civil Records https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/civil-search.jsp

https://www.findmypast.ie/

Irish Catholic Parishes ag John Grenham's site https://www.johngrenham.com/places/rcmap_index.php

Molly Shannon: Secrets in Irish Marriage Records https://www.ancestry.com/corporate/blog/molly-shannon-secrets-in-irish-marriage-records

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RLP 136: Irish Research Part 1 Feb 15, 2021

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Today's episode of Research Like a Pro is about the essential questions to ask before you start researching your Irish immigrant ancestor in Ireland. The first questions have to do with learning about an Irish ancestor's birth year range, year of immigration, friends and family, and county of origin. Finding these details will help you know where to focus once you begin researching in Ireland. Join our Irish research expert, Jessica Morgan, AG, as she teaches us about this important step in Irish research.

Links

Tracing your Irish Ancestors Part 1: Ask the Right Questions https://familylocket.com/tracing-your-irish-ancestors-part-1/

Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Part 2: American Resources https://familylocket.com/tracing-your-irish-ancestors-part-2/

Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Part 3: Family, Community, and DNA https://familylocket.com/tracing-your-irish-ancestors-part-3/

Kiss Me, I'm Donegal Irish https://blogs.ancestry.com/cm/kiss-me-im-donegal-irish-how-ancestrydna-revealed-where-in-ireland-my-familys-from/

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RLP 135: BYU Record Linking Lab Feb 08, 2021

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Today's episode of Research Like a Pro is about the Record Linking Lab (RLL) at Brigham Young University. Professor Joseph P. Price talks with us about how his background in economics and interest in his personal family history led to the creation of the RLL. By using machine learning and making connections across data, the RLL hopes to provide better family history experiences for others whether they are using FamilySearch's Family Tree or visiting a museum. We discuss several of the RLL's projects, including the Census Tree, African-American Families, Automated Indexing, and Families of the 1918 Pandemic.

Links

Joseph P. Price - Bio at Brigham Young University

BYU Record Linking Lab (RLL) at Brigham Young University

Record Linking Lab Volunteer Opportunities

Reverse Indexing - RLL Project

Families of the 1918 Pandemic - RLL Project

Giving the Gift of Family History to the Homeless: Olive Branch Connections by Sarah Clift at Family Locket

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RLP 134: Daugherty Case Study Part 2 Feb 01, 2021

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Today's episode of Research Like a Pro is a continuation of Nicole's research on Robert Daugherty and Sarah Taylor of Craven County, North Carolina and Warren County, Kentucky. In the last episode, we reviewed the objective of the project, to find the children of Robert and Sarah, the timeline, and the locality research. This episode focuses on the research plan, log, and findings and how those were presented in the report. Read the report below.

Links

Who Were the Children of Robert Daugherty and Sarah Taylor? Report by Nicole

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RLP 133: Daugherty Case Study Part 1 Jan 25, 2021

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Today's episode of Research Like a Pro is about Nicole's research on Robert Daugherty and Sarah Taylor of Craven County, North Carolina and Warren County, Kentucky. We review the objective of the project, to find the children of Robert and Sarah, the timeline, and the locality research in Warren County, Kentucky. This was the first phase of a project to discover more about a cluster of DNA matches who seem to be connected to the end of line Dyer ancestor, John Robert Dyer.

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Research Like a Pro: A Genealogist's Guide by Diana Elder with Nicole Dyer on Amazon.com

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RLP 132: Grafting Family Branches Part 2 Jan 18, 2021

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Today's episode of Research Like a Pro is about our ancestor, Elizabeth Malissa Welch. We continue our discussion of pruning and grafting branches of our family tree by discussing the case of Malissa's parents. We had previously concluded that Meredith and Susannah Welch of Sumter County, South Carolina were her parents, but as we revisited the conclusion, we found a different set of parents that fit the evidence better.

Links

Caring for Your Family Tree: How to Prune and Graft Branches Based on Sources and Analysis by Diana at Family Locket

https://rootstech.org

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RLP 131: Grafting Family Branches Part 1 Jan 11, 2021

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Today's episode of Research Like a Pro is about revisiting previous conclusions in your family tree. Have you been carefully adding new branches – or have you added extra ancestors based on hints and suggestions from online programs without much analysis? How about past research – is it up to current standards? If you are like us, some of the branches of your family tree might need pruning out and perhaps some new ancestors grafted in. How can we be more prudent in working with our tree? It all starts with sources and analysis. Join Diana and me as we discuss reviewing our family trees.

Links

Mastering Genealogical Documentation by Thomas W. Jones - affiliate link to Amazon

Caring for Your Family Tree: How to Prune and Graft Branches Based on Sources and Analysis by Diana at Family Locket

https://FamilySearch.org

https://www.wikitree.com

How to Improve the FamilySearch Family Tree by Applying the Genealogical Proof Standard by Diana at Family Locket

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RLP 130: How to Evaluate a Thrulines Hypothesis Jan 04, 2021

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Today's episode of Research Like a Pro is about evaluating AncestryDNA Thrulines hypotheses. If you have ever received a Thruline for a potential ancestor and weren't sure if it was worth pursuing, we will discuss a checklist of criteria that make up a reliable Thrulines. We will also talk about some red flags to watch out for then give several case studies Thrulines we have evaluated.

Links

How to Evaluate an AncestryDNA Thrulines Hypothesis by Nicole at Family Locket

Strategies for Using Ancestry Thrulines in DNA Research by Diana at Family Locket

The Danger of Distant Matches by Blaine Bettinger at The Genetic Genealogist

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