AF-1237: Same Name Ancestors, Part 2: Use Witnesses and Bondsmen | Ancestral Findings Podcast (00:15:50)
Same name problems rarely get solved because you find one perfect record that settles everything. More often, the break comes when you stop staring at your ancestor's name and start paying attention t...
AF-1236: Same Name Ancestors, Part 1: The Time Method | Ancestral Findings Podcast (00:19:20)
Same-name problems are one of the biggest sources of bad trees. You find a record for a name that fits the right county and the right time period, you attach it, and then hints do the rest. A spouse a...
AF-1235: I'm Done Being Mad at Genealogy | Ancestral Findings Podcast (00:05:37)
I'm Done Being Mad I didn't wake up calm. I woke up tired. Tired of being irritated at ink. Tired of being annoyed at paper. Tired of holding grudges against people who have been dead longer than elec...
AF-1234: The Power of "I Don't Know" | Ancestral Findings Podcast (00:06:18)
Every family tree is built as much from absence as it is from presence. Names, dates, places, and relationships draw most of our attention, but they are not the whole structure. What often shapes a tr...
AF-1233: Divorce Records and What They Reveal About Your Ancestors | Ancestral Findings Podcast (00:07:51)
Divorce Records Are a Genealogy Goldmine Divorce records are one of the most overlooked sources in family history research. Many people assume their ancestors never divorced, or they assume that if a ...
AF-1232: Before Safety Nets, There Was Each Other | Ancestral Findings Podcast (00:08:06)
Before welfare offices and Social Security checks, there was something older and far more personal. There was each other. When I look at my own ancestors, this shows up clearly. They lived on farms wh...
AF-1231: When to Call It Quits | Ancestral Findings Podcast (00:07:11)
There comes a point in genealogy when you sit back, stare at the screen, and realize you are not moving forward anymore. You are still working, still searching, still opening records, but nothing new ...
AF-1230: The Temptation to Assume in Genealogy | Ancestral Findings Podcast (00:07:10)
There is a moment in almost every genealogy project when temptation shows up. It does not usually sound reckless. It sounds reasonable. It sounds efficient. It often arrives as one simple sentence, "T...
AF-1229: When the Records Begin Speaking Again | Ancestral Findings Podcast (00:04:34)
Coming Back to the Paper Trail Last time, we stood inside a gap, ten years of a man's life with no clear paper trail. No neat answers. No satisfying explanation. Just silence, the kind that shows up i...
AF-1228: The Years the Records Forgot | Ancestral Findings Podcast (00:06:31)
There are times in genealogy when the records speak clearly. Names line up, dates behave, and places make sense. You can follow a life forward with little resistance. Then there are times when the tra...
AF-1227: Confessions of a Genealogist: Why I Cannot Stop Digging | Ancestral Findings Podcast (00:11:43)
Genealogy has ruined me in the best way. I can be perfectly content all day, and then I see a hint, a record index, a cemetery photo, or a single line in a probate packet, and my brain flips a switch....
Federal homestead records sit in a sweet spot between law and lived experience. They were created to document a legal transfer of public land into private hands, yet they often preserve day-to-day det...
AF-1225: No Records, No Problem | Ancestral Findings Podcast (00:09:44)
When you first start researching your family, it is easy to believe every question has a record waiting somewhere. A birth certificate, a marriage entry, a census line, a grave marker, a neat little d...
AF-1224: How to Find Marriage Records | Ancestral Findings Podcast (00:08:47)
Marriage records are one of the three core types of vital records every family historian should learn to use. Birth, marriage, and death records often work together like a three legged stool. If you a...
AF-1223: 10 "Must-Do" Genealogy Projects for January | Ancestral Findings Podcast (00:08:05)
January is basically the genealogist's secret power month. The holidays are over, the calendar is wide open, and you can finally hear yourself think. While winter does its quiet thing outside, you get...
AF-1222: How To Check Your Family Tree For Errors | Ancestral Findings Podcast (00:09:48)
Genealogy has a built-in problem that never goes away. You are trying to rebuild real lives from records that real people created, and people get things wrong. Sometimes the mistake is innocent, like ...
AF-1221: Every Mistake I Made in 2025 | Ancestral Findings Podcast (00:15:36)
Genealogy teaches you something early. The record is rarely clean. Ink blots. Misspelled names. Ages that shift from census to census. People who appear, disappear, then show up again decades later wi...
AF-1220: The Christmas Story | Ancestral Findings Podcast (00:10:59)
All month, we have looked at how different places celebrate the season, with food, songs, family gatherings, church services, and small customs that show up year after year. Today, we are going to clo...
AF-1219: So why December 25? | Ancestral Findings Podcast (00:09:40)
Well, two big reasons show up in the history. One reason is a theological calculation that shows up early. A Christian writer named Sextus Julius Africanus (early 200s) argued that Jesus was conceived...
AF-1218: Christmas Traditions in Poland | Ancestral Findings Podcast (00:13:31)
In Poland, Christmas takes a different form than in many places. The most significant family moment often happens on Christmas Eve, not Christmas morning. That Christmas Eve gathering is called Wigili...
AF-1217: Christmas Traditions in Mexico | Ancestral Findings Podcast (00:08:46)
Christmas in Mexico is not usually treated like one neat day on a calendar. It feels more like a long build that gets louder, brighter, and more crowded as it moves toward Christmas Eve. In many place...
AF-1216: Christmas Traditions in South Africa | Ancestral Findings Podcast (00:14:00)
December in South Africa does not whisper in with cold nights and frosted windows. It arrives with heat, long afternoons, and bright skies that can still be blue well into the evening. In many homes, ...
AF-1215: Christmas Traditions in Brazil | Ancestral Findings Podcast (00:11:04)
Welcome back to the Christmas traditions series. Today, we're looking at Christmas in Brazil. In Brazil, Christmas often starts late. The house is full, the table is covered, and people are still arri...
AF-1214: Christmas Traditions in the Philippines | Ancestral Findings Podcast (00:13:37)
Welcome back to the Christmas traditions series. Today, we're looking at Christmas in the Philippines. In the Philippines, Christmas is not squeezed into a few days. It spans months and fills homes, c...
AF-1213: Christmas Traditions in Australia | Ancestral Findings Podcast (00:11:13)
Welcome back to the Christmas traditions series. Today, we're looking at Christmas in Australia. Christmas in Australia arrives in summer. The days are long, the evenings stay warm, and the sun is str...
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