Learning genealogy is a process. It's easy to mindlessly accept hints on Ancestry without thinking about timelines, locations, and the possibility of individuals with the same name in the same place. So any time you can add details that are specific to YOUR ancestor, it lends to not only the credibility of your research, [...]
My family tree is filled with so many brick walls you'd think I come from long lines of contractors. But alas, I have yet to find an ancestor in construction...at least, as a profession. So I often describe my approach to genealogical research as "Hope for the Best. Prepare for the Worst. Expect Nothing." [...]
In the process of applying for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), I learned that my great grandmother, Lutie Mae McShan Twitchell (pictured 4th from the right on the top row) was born in Texas in 1889. WHAT??? This came as quite a surprise, since everything I knew about my grandmother's [...]
