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missdianeI'd mentioned finding out about my aunt only being my half-aunt (tsk tsk, grandma!) and my cousin's husband finally got what would be her half brother to respond! They had no idea and he even has two sisters that haven't tested so my aunt probably has another couple of half siblings.
He was able to get a little information from the now very interested half brother about his family. When he saw the DNA link, he thought it was some random cousin and not an actual half-sibling but now they're all fascinated. Hopefully her daughter takes care of introductions and such. I don't really like that aunt (she has never been very nice, especially not to my mom). However, I was more than pleased to help investigate and put together their tree. I wasn't able to take it very far back since they come from Slovak immigrants and that is a huge challenge. Even so, I was able to make a tree that was decently fleshed out, impressive considering I didn't have much to go on and was mostly using and confirming records and such on Ancestry and other genealogy sites.
The cousin's husband asked me a favor if I'd see if I could do more on his paternal line and heck yeah, don't have to ask me twice! I wasn't able to take his line back further (Prussian immigrants from the early/mid-1800s), however, I was able to make several corrections as well as I was able to find the Ellis Island record for the whole family unit that came over in 1864 even though there were errors in transcription (that I sent a message to the Ellis Island site about corrections needing made)
Interestingly, I got an email out of the blue from familysearch.org, asking if I'd look at some records of people not related to me and do some confirming and matching. Yeah, sure. Why not. Though it seemed like a random request. It did make me wonder and do a little googling about what it might take to go into the field. There's an online certificate program at Boston University that with the prerequisite, would cost about $3700. Bit rich but I haven't done a lot of investigating. Definitely need to think on this but I have such fun doing it and it would be nice to make some money doing it too.
He was able to get a little information from the now very interested half brother about his family. When he saw the DNA link, he thought it was some random cousin and not an actual half-sibling but now they're all fascinated. Hopefully her daughter takes care of introductions and such. I don't really like that aunt (she has never been very nice, especially not to my mom). However, I was more than pleased to help investigate and put together their tree. I wasn't able to take it very far back since they come from Slovak immigrants and that is a huge challenge. Even so, I was able to make a tree that was decently fleshed out, impressive considering I didn't have much to go on and was mostly using and confirming records and such on Ancestry and other genealogy sites.
The cousin's husband asked me a favor if I'd see if I could do more on his paternal line and heck yeah, don't have to ask me twice! I wasn't able to take his line back further (Prussian immigrants from the early/mid-1800s), however, I was able to make several corrections as well as I was able to find the Ellis Island record for the whole family unit that came over in 1864 even though there were errors in transcription (that I sent a message to the Ellis Island site about corrections needing made)
Interestingly, I got an email out of the blue from familysearch.org, asking if I'd look at some records of people not related to me and do some confirming and matching. Yeah, sure. Why not. Though it seemed like a random request. It did make me wonder and do a little googling about what it might take to go into the field. There's an online certificate program at Boston University that with the prerequisite, would cost about $3700. Bit rich but I haven't done a lot of investigating. Definitely need to think on this but I have such fun doing it and it would be nice to make some money doing it too.
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Date: 7 May 2023 23:27 (UTC)no subject
Date: 8 May 2023 11:29 (UTC)https://www.ngsgenealogy.org/free-resources/becoming-a-professional-genealogist/
Also, if I decide to go for it, I also should explore studying the history of places that I'd like to become an "expert" on. Probably good to start with Ohio where I was born and raised and New Jersey where I'm at now and also where I found out that I have a lot of early settlers
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Date: 8 May 2023 12:36 (UTC)If you haven't worked with it yet, Family Search is a free genealogical site run by the Mormons - huge international database. I use it when I'm in the mood to do any research. They sometimes link to documents at Ancestry or other sites that charge for the document facsimiles, but Family Search has the info if you aren't trying to document everything for the DAR or the like.
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Date: 8 May 2023 12:41 (UTC)Heh, it was Family Search that reached out to me to ask if I'd review some records for them. Probably since they noticed that I use them a lot, especially for items that aren't on Ancestry, as well as I make corrections and note them. Sneaky Mormons!
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Date: 8 May 2023 12:56 (UTC)no subject
Date: 9 May 2023 20:37 (UTC)If you ever want to have me see if I can find any records with the names and dates you have, let me know! I'd be glad to look for you
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Date: 10 May 2023 17:56 (UTC)