So, I decided to take in a virtual conference on genealogy on Family Tree University. One of the topics in live chat was mobile apps and hacks. I had heard about Evernote before, but had not yet used it. Turns out that this app is very handy! I can snap photos at a library of a document and add a source citation. So I have been playing around with it a little more.
I am now taking my fifth course for genealogy online, and it is on United States Census Records-which is going to be exciting for me. The first module has really great information on the 1790-1860 census records. While it may list a person on the census, they said not to assume anything as the relationship was not indicated until the later of those records. In addition, some records are lost (1890 fire-most records were completely gone). I absolutely love learning about genealogy and how to prove relationships.
I think it is great that they offered a tip of creating a timeline based on census records to verify identity and that it is the same individual. This may help break my brick wall with an ancestor on my mom's side. Family stated the individual may have committed suicide, but there is no current proof that this was the case. I think this may point me in a new direction on possibilities and figuring out what truly happened to this ancestor.
