Is Routine Boring? Routine,  boring, humdrum. Or, habits which free you from confusion and endless decisions! Routine helps you get to work quickly and move through a process efficiently. Do you have research routines and templates for your genealogy? Lately I've been trying to develop research routines and templates, and recently saw a video that snapped into focus what I was trying to do. Call it the power of three .  Connie Knox's Genealogy TV episode  Ancestry and FamilySearch, FindMyPast or MyHeritage: Family Tree Trifecta Strategy  describes her professional routine for each person: work three sites with three search strategies each (3x3x3) with the goal of 27 new facts and sources. Complete this cycle for each person you are reviewing, each new place, and each new FAN club member as they come into view. The power of three can keep you focused and successful.  Become a Fan of FANs FANs are F amily, A ssociates and N eighbors . Sometimes we race right pa...

FamilySearch and the GPS FamilySearch is indispensable to genealogists, especially those who follow the GPS - Genealogical Proof Standard. As my inspiration for this blog, Devon Noel Lee said in an email to FamilyHistory Fanatics members,  If you want to be a better genealogist, you have to use the genealogy proof standard. If you want to use the GPS in one central location, there's no better place to do that than FamilySearch.org.  Genealogical Proof Standard There are five elements to the Genealogical Proof Standard: Reasonably exhaustive research has been conducted. Each statement of fact has a complete and accurate source citation. The evidence is reliable and has been skillfully correlated and interpreted. Any contradictory evidence has been resolved. The conclusion has been soundly reasoned and coherently written. Any proof statement is subject to re-evaluation when new evidence arises. [1]   Reasonably Exhaustive Research Search tab menu Reasonably exhaustiv...