Description
In this episode you’ll discover two of the most important factors in identifying a unique individual in your research and discuss the tools and strategies to use them to your best advantage.
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⌚ Jump to Video Sections:
00:00 Transforming Common Ancestors into Unique Individuals
00:57 The 2 Most Important Factors
02:36 Leveraging Time and Place in Genealogy Research
03:07 Big Genealogy Websites
05:09 Maximizing Genealogy Websites for Effective Searches
05:32 Using Time and Place when Googling
08:10 How to search by timeframe in Google
10:27 Creating a Locality Guide for Genealogy
12:54 Get old maps at David Rumsey
16:51 Utilizing Google Earth Pro for Genealogy
19:48 The Power of Timelines in Genealogy Research
21:07 Tools for creating genealogy timelines
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