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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Heirs of John Holmes to James Creamer
I’ve referenced this deed previously on this site, but I realized I’ve never...
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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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True Stories from Colonial North Carolina
I was recently asked by Wake County Public Libraries to give a virtual Zoom presentation on...
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NC Tax Lists at NC Digital Collections
It’s always a good idea to look at original records yourself. More than once, I’ve...
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1779 Craven County Tax List
Below is a transcription of names found on the 1779 Tax List. These original scans can be found...
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John Vendrick, his wife, and his mother
About a week ago, I was poking around in Currituck County land records. I don’t even...
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The Muddle that is John Vendrick, Sr.
The Reverend Joshua Kocherthal baptized John Vendrick in New York on 25 Aug 1710 (The Book of...
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Genealogy on YouTube
If you’re like me, you spent more time watching YouTube in 2020 than you had previously....
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