Cari Taplin (she/her)Oct 8

Not everything in an online family tree is golden—sometimes it’s pure… compost. Here’s how I’m cleaning up my own early genealogy “garbage.”
#GenealogyJourney #RevisitingMyRoots
#LearningFromMistakes

http://genealogypants.com/2025/10/08/revisiting-my-roots-correcting-errors/

Revisiting My Roots: Correcting Errors

Back when I was a beginner, I trusted. A lot. I believed everyone out there doing genealogy on the same families as me had been doing it longer and therefore must know more than I did, must have fo…

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Cari Taplin (she/her)Oct 1

Revisiting the basics isn’t a step back—it’s how we strengthen our trees. The low-hanging fruit builds a sturdy foundation. #GenealogyJourney #RevisitingMyRoots #FamilyHistory

http://genealogypants.com/2025/10/01/revisiting-my-roots-pick-the-low-hanging-fruit/

Revisiting My Roots: Pick the Low-Hanging Fruit

Another step I take when working back through my research from when I was a babe in the genealogical woods, is finding the low-hanging fruit. When I started, there wasn’t a lot online. I wrot…

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