My Trails into the Past

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)   April Fools Day is Monday.  When were you a Genealogy Fool?  What wrong, funny, or silly genealogy effort did you make? Here’s mine: There have been a few mishaps in my adventures in genealogy research. In the beginning, I only looked at census records as I moved back generation by generation. Mostly I was successful. Occasionally I chose the wrong ancestor and would feel foolish. Once I discovered there were other kinds of records, I had to lop them off the tree. I also didn’t expect to find two men of the same name when I thought the name was unusual but I did, and I had to work hard sorting the two out. I felt foolish the few times I’d get an email saying I had the wrong person. Sullivan was a pretty common name in the mining areas of Montana. It’s easy to mix up families. Also at the beginning, I...