WARNING! Be cautious using ChatGPT for genealogy research
I love technology and I’m always up for trying new things. Last month, I used ChatGPT — a...
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Category: Genealogy Basics and Items of General Interest
GET MORE from Ancestry DNA & FamilyTree DNA – TOOLS to use for Solving Genetic Genealogy Problems 🧬
I was invited to give a presentation to the Craven County Genealogical Society about how to get...
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Using DNA to solve a mystery: Who was Nancy Catherine Watson, the third wife of Eli J. Cox?
In March 2014, I wrote a lengthy post about the mystery of my 3rd great-grandmother Nancy...
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Genetic Genealogy Basics: Ethnicity Reports, Autosomal DNA, mtDNA, Y-DNA and DNA site comparisons 🌳
A lot of people have all kinds of questions about DNA tests and family tree research. Genetic...
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NC GENEALOGY TREASURE TROVE 100% FREE at FamilySearch – Learn to search the UNINDEXED CATALOG
The best free genealogy resource online is FamilySearch.org, and in particular, their free online...
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Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) Craftsman Database Search
Do you happen to have a carpenter in your family tree? How about a blacksmith? A bricklayer? Or...
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West Craven Highlights now digitized and searchable online
If your family is from the Vanceboro area, you will certainly remember the paper that was produced...
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Genealogy + DNA Game Changers: Step up your game with these FREE resources.
In the 21st century, if you’re serious about genealogy, then let’s face it: You will...
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Formation of Pitt County, North Carolina
Pitt County was formed after Beaufort and Craven Counties, but the establishment of its border...
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Formation of Craven County, North Carolina
Read the descriptions below for Craven County’s shifting borders and see if it helps some...
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Formation of Beaufort County, North Carolina
The Formation of North Carolina Counties, 1663-1943 by David Leroy Corbitt is available for free...
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Be careful with assumptions about “Verified” DNA relationships and those AncestryDNA “Hints”
Long story short: Hints shared with your AncestryDNA matches are only as good as the data that...
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