As a nephew's birthday is celebrated today, it is also an anniversary of genealogy research.
35 years ago I started researching. My mother was in town for the birth so I picked her brain about our family.
There were no databases to be easily accessed online. To the library, using microfische machines, writing letters to potential family members, posting research questions on newsletters. So there were many handwritten notes and ideas. Lots of letters from others.
Fast forward to the digital age and ability to print up neat transcribed pages. Connect via email, facebook groups and other social media.
So those precious notes can be redundant. But they are my notes and parting with them is not as easy as it should be.
So looking at duplication of information and trying to weed it out.
Still need to put a family tree or two online. Just deciding where to put it.
How about you? Do you have trouble parting with your information? Your research?
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