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Family History Skills: Finding Death Information

September 27, 2010 Tonia Kendrick

Last week, I completed Lesson 4:  Finding Death Information of the National Genealogical Society Family History Skills course.  The lesson offered a good overview of finding, deriving, and citing sources for death information.  While much of the basic information I already knew, I did learn about some new potential sources, finding aids, and tools. Sources The […]

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Family History Skills: Family and Published Sources

July 12, 2010 Tonia Kendrick

I’m slowly working my way through the online “Family History Skills” course offered by the National Genealogical Society.  I just finished Lesson Two:  Family and Published Sources and I really learned a lot.  This lessson covers Published Sources, Finding Published Sources, and Source Citations.  The second section:  Finding Published Sources was the most valuable to me.  […]

Filed Under: And More, Research Tagged With: BYU Family History Archive, DAR Library, Family History Library, Family History Skills course, Google Books, Library of Congress, NGS

Family History Skills: Genealogical Basics

March 4, 2010 Tonia Kendrick

One of my To-Do items for March is to take the online “Family History Skills course” provided by the National Genealogical Society.   This course is offered free to NGS members;  NSG offers several other online courses for fees, so I wanted to take the free course first, to see if I like it. It’s a […]

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March Genealogy To-Dos

March 2, 2010 Tonia Kendrick

I’m getting a better feel for what can be accomplished in a “normal” month, with only weekends and a few weeknights to do genealogy. The to-dos for March are: Write 8 blog posts Abstract (or update previously-done abstractions, if necessary) 8 census pages and update the citations. Index some names on FamilySearch Scan 5 photos […]

Filed Under: And More, Research Tagged With: Butler, Census Project, Family History Skills course, FamilySearch, NGS, Notebook Project, To-Dos

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About Tonia

Hi, I am Tonia Kendrick. Genealogy is my hobby, my passion (those who say obsession would not be accused of crazy-talk). While I had helped my mom with genealogy as a teenager, I first caught the bug myself when computers came into the picture.

Now we are well into the 21st-century and every day brings a new genealogy adventure, whether it is a new record group to explore online or a visit to a cemetery, courthouse, or other repository. It all comes together here. Read more about Tonia's Roots or contact Tonia. Read More…

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