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The work of family history, written plainly.
No filler and no derivative lists. Each guide is the method we would actually use, with the prompt we use shown in full, so you can take it and run with it whether or not you ever use Heirsake.
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What to do with a box of old family letters
A box of old letters is not a reading project, it is an indexing project. Here is the order of operations that turns a someday-pile into a searchable, sourced family archive.
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How to read old handwriting without losing the names
A practical method for reading old family handwriting that puts the names, dates, and places first, because those are the hardest to guess and the ones your tree actually needs.
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