Geo-Genealogy as a Problem-Solving Tool: The Case of a 19th-Century Female Teenage Immigrant

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1. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   5 years ago

   Thank you for the very interesting case study. \n\nThank you so much, Jay! Beautiful research and wonderful delivering of your research tale!\n\nIs there any chance you have posted a listing of your recommended websites to maps, German church records, etc.?\n\nThank you, it's been several years since I've had the opportunity to attend one of Jay's sessions at a conference, and he did not disappoint. An interesting and challenging case study tied together with a geography focus and many, many resources -- some familiar and others new that I plan to try with my own genealogy. The personal ending was very powerful - that type of connection is one of the things I love most about researching our family history. \n\nThanks so much, especially for the German tips.\n\nThat was a FANTASTIC case study!! Wonderful. My head is spinning, but I'm going to go back and tackle my mystery woman from Ireland. Thanks.\n\nThe suggestions were helpful and gave different ideas for searching.\n\nthere was a lot of good information on places to look for information, how to look, and how to get help if you need it. I am going to listen again and probably a couple of times ad there was a lot to absorb and put into practice. \n\nThis is a new area for me. I'm glad to know about the many resources for German maps. \n\nThis was an excellent and captivating case study. It was so touching. I also had some tears... such a spiritual yet factual journey. Ironic... Thank you. So many resources packed in... just great.\n\nThis was so helpful to see Jay's process in finding information about the German emigrants to America, tracing them, associates, and families forward and backward in time and location.\n\nThis was so helpful with examples of the many ways to work with name variations. I think this is probably the best organized case study I've seen; everything progressed fluidly and nothing digressed. Excellent!\n\nThis was very good & thorough. My only suggestion is that it should be about 15 mina longer. \n\nThis was very informative and introduced me to new sources in Germany. Very, Very useful information. Thank you.\n\nTinking in the box instead of outside is a good idea not usually considered.\n\nVery complex and interesting.\n\nVery good geoname thank you.\n\nVery helpful - lots of resources and techniques to help research my husband's pre-Civil War St. Louis German immigrant families. \n\nVery helpful and useful\n\nvery helpful in finding and following clues\n\nVery impressed with the presentation which has given me a good deal on using v the technique and various resources.\n\nVery informative case study.\n\nVery interesting\n\nvery interesting and helpful. I shall watch again\n\nVery interesting demonstration of pulling sources together to find an answer!\n\nVery methodical, good advice.\n\nVery useful resources and links.\n\nVery well done and helpful presentation! Thank you!\n\nVery well presented and organized\n\nWell done case study. \n\nWell paced, easy to follow, excellent presentation\n\nWhat a fantastic case study! I'd like to hire Jay Fonkert to get my Germans back across the pond.\n\nWith German ancestors I really appreciated the step-by-step for locating them geographically!\n\nwonderful\n\nWonderful research examples and thought-provoking suggestions for approach. There was quite a bit to digest in an hour. I may have to go watch this a second time to follow all of the threads of Dina's brothers.\n\nWould love to find his contact in Germany and get some help. Have been searching for documents for 42 years in Wallenrod Germany and heed help.\n\nWow - fantastic! I loved the process he used and explained, and the info on German resarch was incredible!\n\nWOW! This was so fascinating. I never thought to research this way. Thank you so much for the explanation that was easy to follow even if I am not researching Germany. I have so many great ideas!\n\nWow! Wonderful presentation by Mr. Fonkret. He gave me a lot of information that should be helpful with tracing my German line.\n\nWow, so informative.

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2. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   5 years ago

   Good info Thanks\n\ngood presentation. I don't have German ancestry, but I gained value in the maps presentation.\n\nGreat applications of a number of research tools...in addition to GeoGenealogy! Appreciate the “walk-thru” of actually using geography in a complex research project! Lots of good hints and advice on tracking down ancestral records!\n\nGreat case study!\n\nGreat examples of solving a complex case\n\nGreat examples!\n\nGreat geo research example and extensive thought starters for more Germany research.\n\nGREAT!! showing us his process was great! I really learned a lot versus just telling us how to do research. Please more like this one.\n\nHe gave me additional ideas to help search for my german and Czech ancestors in the 'old country'\n\nThx much\n\nI appreciate the detailed search explained by this presenter. It opens windows in my research that I didn't know were there. Thank You\n\nI have ancestors from Germany, so I really appreciate the information! \n\nI have German Ancestors, so that part of the presentation was an unexpected surprise!\n\nI have German ancestry so this was very interesting to me.\n\nI liked the resources for extra help. \n\nI really appreciated the 3-D diagram, and how the instructor linked the three dimensions using his ancestor as an example. I especially appreciated him telling us to be forgiving of the spelling of names, and to beware of the spellings of names in indexes and other transcribed materials online.\n\nI was amazed at the number of places you could find information.\n\nI will be referring attendees of my upcoming webinar on translation of foreign genealogical documents to this session for those who have ancestors in Germany.\n\nI'd rate it a 10 if I could! Amazing case study and valuable resources\n\nInteresting concept.\n\nIt was interesting to see this approach to genealogy which I never thought about. I also picked up some other websites to try when doing my own German research.\n\nJay always has interesting ways of looking at things.\n\nJay was very enlightening and his methodology should help me find my 2nd great grandparents from Lower Saxony born about 1818.\n\nlaid out well - kudos\n\nLate tuning in. Can't wait listen to the entire presentation later. The portion I listen to was terrific. Thank you!\n\nLove a good case study, though I don't have any known German ancestors.\n\nLoved hearing and seeing all thoughts and search processes on finding a brick wall ancestor.\n\nNice combination of assorted research techniques.\n\nNot doing German research, but found it very interesting.\n\nOne of the BEST!!!\n\nProbably the best I have heard!\n\nReally interesting case study; geographic breadth needed in US to find clues was eye-opening. Map and coordinate resources were helpful.\n\nSimple explanations and processes are the best, the way he did it. One step at a time\n\nSo glad screenshots were included - nice presentation\n\nSo interesting the way Jay used maps and geography and census records and church records! I'll have to watch again to make note of those websites I had not encountered before.\n\nSo well presented. Thanks so much for the geography lesson.\n\nSo, so interesting and very worth watching!\n\nSome good tools, and process of proof.\n\nSpellbinding! I was amazed and inspired to not give up so easily.

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3. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   5 years ago

   A lot of good research tips & techniqurs.\n\nA lot of information in a short time frame - I didn't digest it all. But I believe it's a great case study.\n\nA lot of new things for me to consider in my research, great presenter also.\n\nA wonderful and thoughtful lecture case-study - I learned so much here about digging into the FamilySearch Wiki, and many records/maps in Germany. Appreciated Jay's presentation style and handout as well! Excellent.\n\nAbsolutely fascinating!!!\n\nAlways enjoy the BCG webinars and the Reisinger series. This presentation was awesome. Talk about reasonably exhaustive research! Think about thinking inside the box with geo-genealogy. Terrific way to spend an hour of genealogy instruction.\n\nBrilliant webinar with a good eye for a detailed search strategy.\n\nCase studies--The best types of webinar. Well done.\n\nClear and detailed. I like that.\n\nExcellent case study! Loved to here more of his research\n\nExcellent webinar! It gave me more avenues to pursue in my research. Thank you very much!\n\nExcellent work and makes me want to try geogeneaology\n\nEXCELLENT! a new way of researching.\n\nExcellent! I have German ancestors so this Presentation provided me with some helpful clues! Thank you!\n\nExcellent! Thanks!\n\nExtremely helpful for thinking outside the box for alternate spellings and other records! Thank you!\n\nfabulous!\n\nFascinating and extremely helpful!\n\nFascinating case but way too much information to absorb in an hour!\n\nFascinating case study--I have done a bit of geo-searching with Irish ancestors, which was much easier than this. I now appreciate my Irish/English/Scottish heritage a bit more.\n\nFascinating interplay of spelling variation, immigration, cluster and FAN research, maps and foreign records. A complex case study with lots to juggle. Not my geographical area of interest but I learned a lot from the case study and approach.\n\nFascinating! Great hint on deciphering handwriting.

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