Monthly Archive:: June 2018
23 Jun 2018
Surname Shapes and Sounds: Circumnavigating Spelling Variations, Mistranscriptions, and Clerical Errors in Electronic Indexes
By Aaron Goodwin On 23 June 2018 In Uncategorized
Most researchers are at least somewhat accustomed to thinking about surname spelling variations when conducting record searches. Thankfully, many search engine results automatically include some of the more basic spelling variations for us. Augustus and Mary Ann
23 Jun 2018
Business Records
By Aaron Goodwin On 23 June 2018 In Uncategorized
In the March issue of NGS Monthly, “Occupations” reviewed some resources from NGSQ and the NGS Family History Conference for exploring how best to use your ancestors’ occupations as a research tool. In a posted comment on that