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Jun 14 2016

Immigration, naturalization, and genetic genealogy: IGHR Tuesday (3 of 6)

The GEGs of IGHR Course 2 became very animated and inquisitive as two of genealogy’s most respected thinkers gave today’s lectures. John Philip Colletta taught us about ship travel and naturalization records. Blaine Bettinger took up the question of DNA in genealogical research. We had questions and more questions. (This diary began at Sunday’s Orientation.)

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Jun 13 2016

Genealogy skills to FAN clusters: IGHR Monday (2 of 6)

Today we gathered for the intermediate course at IGHR 2016 — a genuine GEG fest. A room full of people who want to do genealogy right. Our lectures included genealogy’s essential skills, power search techniques, and the now-universal FAN concept — or “cluster research.” (This diary began at Sunday’s Orientation.) …

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Jun 12 2016

Genealogy course diary, IGHR 2016 (1 of 6)

Leave a Comment / Digging for genealogical gold, Golden Egg Genealogist / By Donna Cox Baker / 3 minutes of reading

Last summer, a genealogy course at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR) set me on the GEG-bound journey. Worth every hour and every dollar, it proved something important to me: the wholly self-taught genealogist is doing it the hard way.

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May 27 2016

Welcome to the golden quest of the GEG-bound

Leave a Comment / Digging for genealogical gold, Every little thing in context, Go-anywhere, paper-free solutions, Golden Egg Genealogist, Leaving it better than we found it, New developments in the field, Organizing for optimal efficiency / By Donna Cox Baker / 4 minutes of reading

A day comes when genealogy — America’s second-favorite “hobby” after gardening — becomes more than a hobby to you. No longer content with a pastime of quick-and-easy ancestral tree climbing, you find yourself getting serious about doing this right. Like a growing number of us, you’re on the road to becoming a bonafide Golden Egg Genealogist. You’re GEG-bound.

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