I believed earlier research, added a marriage, and moved on. Going back through census records decades later showed me exactly where I went wrong—and how easily it happened. #GenealogyMistakes
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http://genealogypants.com/2025/12/17/revisiting-my-roots-another-case-in-point/
Revisiting My Roots: Another Case in Point
I’ve been working through my prior research on my Avery family from Wood County, Ohio. I’ve been going through my old research and mostly filling in blanks with the now low-hanging frui…
Thought you could trust all those old online trees? I just uncovered a long-believed Avery–Meeker mix-up that proves otherwise. My latest genealogy cleanup turned up a surprise… #GenealogyResearch #FamilyTreeFinds #GenealogyMistakes #ResearchCleanup
http://genealogypants.com/2025/12/10/revisiting-my-roots-a-case-in-point/
Revisiting My Roots: A Case in Point
Several posts ago, I talked about how I “believed” others who had built the family tree before I started researching. I put a lot of “trust” out there. “I believed eve…
Cari Taplin (she/her)