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New To-Do’s for March; Preview for April

March: Census Records

  • Focus on census records. Extract information from various census years for your ancestors.
  • Try to locate alternatives for missing Census years

April: Vital Records

  • Concentrate on vital records (birth, marriage, death certificates).
  • Order or obtain missing certificates.

Record of Wikitree 2023 Additions

I’ve been holding onto these for a while, making sure there were no changes coming. I think I can call them “Final” at this point, so here are my additions to Wikitree last year, as well as a comparison to past years.

Are You “Genealogically Defined?”

Robert Charles Anderson, FASG, Director of the Great Migration Study Project and author of Elements of Genealogical Analysis says a person is Genealogically Defined when “we have at least one piece of evidence that will lead to the identification of his or her parents, one piece of evidence for each spouse(s), and one piece of evidence for each child.”

1. Do you have a source that will identify the PARENTS?

2. Do you have a source for each SPOUSE?

3. Do you have a source for each CHILD?

If so, your profile is Genealogically Defined and has a great start on sourcing.

Notice that each of these sources is reciprocal with the person it connects. You can then put that same source on the connected person’s profile and begin the process again.

If every profile had this minimum standard, they become like puzzle pieces and can be linked to other profiles.  

GEDCOM File Has Been Repaired – Surname Database is Functioning Again

It doesn’t happen too often, but the Surname database under the GEDCOM link was corrupted somehow, and continuously gave false links to people other than who you were searching for. I have done some work in my personal database, and had enough new information to make it worthwhile to create a new Surname list. Enjoy…… and be sure to let me know if problems arise again.

Podcast Link Is Now Live!

Nearly a dozen podcasts have been installed on the site. They can be reached from the PODCAST link on the Main Menu at the top of the home page. Each podcast has a .wav version, a .mp3 version, and a .docx transcription for maximum usability and access.

For questions or comments, contact the webmaster at: allinthepastcast@gmail.com

GEDCOM List of Surnames Has Been Updated

Now containing over 26,100 names, the surname list has been updated for the first time in several years. Expansion of the number of names in my personal database allowed the increase. At the same time, the .ged file that drives https://itsallinthepast.net was also updated and expanded.

No More Apologies!

I’m done…..that’s right….I’m done….offering apologies each time I slack off and don’t publish anything for a while. “A while” may turn into months, as it has this time, but I know how I’ve been spending my time and I can tell you I’ve been working on genealogy, just not on this site.

I have officially crossed over 26,000 ancestors in my database. I’ve also added hundreds of Murray “cousins” to a one-name study on Wikitree, created a 500-plus name genealogy for a banner we display in our tent, and attended several festivals since Tartan Days last April (photo below), including one out-of-state festival in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and the Murray Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Denver last August. The Thomas family itself, all five of us, was responsible for a large part of the planning, setup, and operation of the AGM.

I have also written and recorded several short podcasts that will become part of this site soon. Aptly named “AllinthPast,” it will feature a lot of history and genealogy topics we have worked with before and haven’t necessarily posted on this site, or our companion site: https://itsallinthepast.net , as well as new material.

At the same time, I’m trying to update this site and make it more user-friendly as a research site that goes beyond the “family genealogy” theme most online genealogy sites have.

So, again, no more apologies. Follow the site if you like, check back often, let me know what you think of the information I’m presenting, but know that I am working even if it doesn’t show up here. I just get distracted at times by all the exciting things that occur with close, and extended, families over several centuries all over the world.

Public Festivals Start Again in Colorado This Weekend

Clan Murray Badge

The Festival season kicks off this weekend in Longmont, Colorado, northwest of Denver. The Annual Tartan Days Festival, to celebrate Scottish heritage and the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath, will be held for the first time since 2019.

It’s a small festival, with only about 20 clans in attendance, but it is the FIRST of several to be held this year. We will be at the Cheyenne, Wyoming festival at least one day in June, and then the Elizabeth Celtic Festival in July.

August is the Annual General Meeting of Clan Murray, and this year, finally, it’s in Denver. We were supposed to host the AGM in 2020, but it was postponed and put on last-minute in Charleston, South Carolina. It was postponed again in 2021 and ran in Atlanta, Georgia instead. Both were good festivals, but neither was OURS! This is our year! Excitement is building among Clan members in Colorado, and the early festivals give us a chance to generate even more interest.

My Database Is Finally Back Online

Long active, but removed several months ago due to technical issues, my database is back online for everyone to wade through at their leisure. Without the new software and website, the database, done in Legacy 9 (TM) software was strictly offline. The best I could hope for was the listing of individuals found by surname in the GEDCOM link on the front page.

A new website, running parallel to this one, was created (http://itsallinthepast.net) to house TNG – The Next Generation (TM) genealogy software. Besides activating the database, I also have the ability to easily add photos and other media, places, timelines, repositories, and more.

How Much Time Do You Spend Working On Genealogy?

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