Week 10 2026 - Changed My Thinking - documents of Porter and Conner
Just when you think you have followed all the protocols for researching your family, research experts think of another one. And it's probably what you have done all along, just with a different name for the procedure. When I started researching there was no internet. Only the US mail and strategic vacation planning. Soon there were books, remote one-name study magazines and using a lot of visual aids. One such magazine was the Genealogical Helper. And help it did! That's how I found the Dillingham Group and the Mayo Irish group and many more. With the advent of the internet suddenly researching took me on new heights. The joy of being able to actually see a document (birth, marriage, death, wills) with just a click. No waiting for weeks for something to come in the mail. And then realize that it wasn't your relative after all. And I do have a few of those documents tucked away that I haven't been able to find a family member to pass it on to. So, you had to continue t...