SNGF -- Which Blog Article Helped, Touched and/or Impressed You?

Calling All Genea-Musings Fans:

It's Saturday Night again - 

Time for some more Genealogy Fun!!

Our assignment from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings is to:

1)  Review the last three or four "Best of the Genea-Blogs" posts (see   https://www.geneamusings.com/search/label/BestofGeneaBlogs). 

2)  Pick one of the articles listed that either helped you with your research or your writing, and/or that touched your emotions, and/or that you are really impressed by.

3)  Tell us which article you picked (and link to it), and why you chose that article, and how it helped, touched, or impressed you.

Here’s mine:

James Tanner’s post from Genealogy’s Star titled “Why are you stressing over an end-of-line?” touched me. It’s true that at some point in our research, records will not be available for many reasons, and we will not be able to go any further back. Saying it lets us let it go. He told us to “start researching other people.” There’s more to our family history than end-of-line ancestors.

In Katherine Brodt’s “Looking for Ancestors in All the Wrong Places,” I was reminded that knowing the history of a location is important, that ever-changing boundaries, especially in Europe, can influence where a person said they were from, and where the records might be located.

I was touched by Lori Samuelson’s post “The Hidden Discoveries of Writing Your Research.” She talked about how writing about the information in the documents was what finally brought the story together, not the collecting of them. She says, “the hidden power of writing . . . teaches you something new. Writing sharpens your research questions, reveals new avenues to explore, and brings ancestors to life . . .” I have found this to be true, too!

I always enjoy checking out Randy’s “Best of” and learning from others!

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