Mistakes I Have Made: Confessions of a Repentant Genealogist

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1. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   6 years ago

   She mentioned everything that I have done.\n\nShe was so entertaining. I learned so much. Hope she does more webinars!\n\nSolid well expressed points\n\nThank you Cheri for your confessions. I learned a lot, and being fairly new at this, I can see that you have helped me to prevent some (but, of course, not all) of my future mistakes. Thanks again.\n\nThank you for covering the various research pits we can fall into. With Cheri's guidance tonight, there should be safer travels! Thanks! It was very interesting! I will apply a lot of what was covered to my research.\n\nThank you for very practical, common sense suggestions. \n\nThank you. Some was review for me but also some good ideas I can surely put to use.\n\nThis is an outstanding webinar for beginning researchers, so they can avoid learning the hard way. As a seasoned researcher, I also appreciated the reminders!\n\nThis was an excellent webinar topic & presenter to start off a new year & decade of genealogical education. Thank you!!!\n\nThis webinar made me smile and laugh, especially the slide on trying to decipher poor penmanship. I have often sat at my desk completely baffled by my own handwriting. I also particularly enjoyed the comment that one reason to attend genealogy conferences was that you could talk as much as you wanted about genealogy - \nvery tempting! Thanks again. \n\nThis webinar provided especially valuable information for newbies to genealogical research. I wish I had been able to know all this before I started some 20 years ago! The only reason I rated it as a 4 rather than a perfect 5 is that I've already made all of the mistakes mentioned so it is certainly redundant to me!\n\nuseful hints thank you\n\nVery easy to access.\n\nVery enjoyable!!!\n\nvery entertaining \n\nVery entertaining and thorough treatment of common mistakes and how to not make them. Great webinar! Thanks.\n\nVery fun and informative. Thank you!\n\nvery good\n\nVery good information and advice!!\n\nVery good refresher presentation on a variety of topics\n\nVery good speaker. Easy to listen to.\n\nVery helpful and points made were great. I learned a lot. Thank you.\n\nvery informative. now I have a lot of work to do\n\nVery interesting and funny.\n\nVery interesting.\n\nVery succinct, organized syllabus, easy to follow.\n\nVery useful\n\nVery well presented. Excellent visual aids. \n\nway too basic\n\nWell done! Great upbeat presentation. Easy to listen to! Thank you.\n\nwell organized\n\nWell organized and good coverage. \n\nWell presented and very informative. Lots of information provided but presented in an easy format to use,\n\nWe've all made those mistakes! Great speaker!\n\nWonderful on not to do in family history.

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2. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   6 years ago

   Had to leave early after an hour but will watch again. Guilty of things she described.\n\nHappy New Year. Great start for 2020... Thanks\n\nHelpful content and wise reminders. I've made many of those same mistakes! \n\nHelpful.\n\nHope Cheri Hudson Passey comes back Great information and tips!\n\nI appreciated her honesty and ability to laugh at herself!\n\nI enjoyed Cheri's enthusiasm and all the info provided! Where was she when i started n 1985? hahhaha \n\nI have been researching for over 30 years and it was great to have such entertaining reminders of the many ways I still have to go back and clean up my research. Great webinar!\n\nI have made many of the same mistakes Cheri Hudson Passey has made, and her webinar showed me how NOT to make those mistakes! She shared so many helpful tips, and I am glad I attended her webinar. Thank you!\n\nI made almost all the mistakes now I have to clean up my family tree on several sites. Useful information for all of us.\n\nI might have been a little too advanced for most of this webinar, but I still picked up a couple of good tips (as usual from your webinars!!) Cheri did a nice job. \n\nWe simply never get too old or too experienced to learn some new tips and tricks. \n\nI really enjoyed listening to Cheri Hudson Passay.\n\nI try to be Careful but I am always making mistakes. I need to slow down and be consistent.Thanks it was Great.\n\nI was preparing a similar presentation for our local genealogy club. This webinar confirmed and added to what I was going to present. Good to know that I have learned much along the way. \n\nInteresting and reminded me of my many early (and not so early) mistakes.\n\nIt was reassuring to hear that I'm not alone in making many of those newbie errors. Although, I still struggle with making a plan, I'm slowly getting better. Keep up the good work on the webinars. I really enjoy them.\n\nIt was very easy to follow and kept my attention for the whole presentation. \n\nIt was very helpful in letting me know what to watch out for. Thank you.\n\nLiked presenter's style, will go back and watch past presentations by Cheri. Handout looks great --easy to follow and not overloaded with info. Great job Cheri!\n\nLots of good suggestions.\n\nLots of great info presented in a fun, upbeat manner.\n\nLots of useful reminders and tips!\n\nLove Cheri's webinars, she is always cheerful, enthusiastic, and engaging. She took a topic that could easily be used to shame or browbeat people into doing things a certain way (I've seen people do it) and made it silly and fun, and something to learn from rather than being talked down to for making mistakes. A++++\n\nLoved Cheri's openness with the problems we've all done!!\n\nLoved her light-hearted way of pointing out mistakes without making us feel like fools. Very enjoyable.\n\nLoved it. Touched on many mistakes I’ve made. Thanks for sharing. \n\nLovely presenter, lots of info, great way to kick off the new year! Thank you\n\nmany tips to remind us of good research habits. Nice delivery style!\n\nMore of a beginner webinar, but useful as a reminder to more experienced researchers.\n\nMost information was obvious but there were a few gems.\n\nMy first webinar with you and am looking forward to more.\n\nNicely done, but content was fairly basic.\n\nOutstanding presentation with great suggestions and solutions for common mistakes and problems.\n\nPleasant presenter shared familiar experiences and pitfalls to avoid.\n\nRather basic for my needs, but good presenter

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3. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   6 years ago

   Great variety of things to keep in mind\n\nA great presentation. Outlining proper proceedures for genealogy research and the fishhooks to avoid.\n\nA great start to 2020\n\nA walk down memory lane of past mistakes.\n\nA wonderful topic for all levels - beginner to advanced - to begin the year as we make our 2020 genealogical goals. A reminder that often the most simple, but required, habits (processes) are truly the best ones to produce successful results.\n\nAlways excellent webinars. \n\nAnother great webinar! Cheri made me feel so much better about my many genealogy mistakes. Great discussion and great tips! Enjoyed Marian’s comments and support recognizing we all make these kind of mistakes. Appreciate the reminders and summary about getting back in step at the correct place. New Tech Zones webinar concept is outstanding! Thanks to all!!!\n\nBrilliant webinar, I too have made many similar mistakes in the Past. Now is a New Year to get them sorted...\n\nCheri gave a wonderful lecture. Loved her enthusiasm. Thank you. : )\n\nCheri is a delightful presenter. I can relate to almost every mistake she discussed, I'm sorry to say. But that's how we learn best. Thank you for sharing.\n\nCherie is a great speaker and love her energy\n\nCheri's presentation was awesome! She did a fantastic job!\n\nEnjoyed all the discussion and recognized a lot of errors I have made!\n\nEnjoyed this one so much\n\nEnthusiastic and engaging presenter!\n\nEnthusiastic speaker\n\nEnthusiastic speaker with an interesting topic. I learned some new information. Enjoyed it.\n\nExcellent for beginners starting out.\n\nExcellent information to help with organizing and following through to the end.\n\nExcellent presentation.\n\nExcellent presenter. Cheri really keeps your attention and makes it interesting. \n\nExcellent recap--good reminder of the basics. \n\nExcellent refresher as to mistakes commonly made!\n\nExcellent speaker with great information that is easy to follow. She was also very entertaining! I will look for her other webinars.\n\nexcellent speaker, clear and upbeat\n\nExcellent! Can't wait to watch it again - had company arrive and they sat patiently drinking coffee, telling me to keep watching for the last 20 minutes, but I was distracted so I'll be sure to watch it again.\n\nExcellent!!!\n\nExcellent. Many great tips! Thanks\n\nFabulous reminder of why we do all the things! Thank you.\n\nFirst time listener. Very enjoyable and informative.\n\nFun to listen to and so very real.\n\nGlad to hear even the Pros start out rough. Cheri had some great ideas and reminders. I've been trying to move my folders into binders but that just doesn't work for me right now. I think I will go back to the folders while I try to get better organized.\n\nGlad to know we are not alone in our searching problems.\n\nGood info\n\nGood points even if you have been doing genealogy for awhile\n\nGood reminders but not much new.\n\nGood reminders of what has been learned the hard way over 25 years. \n\ngood reminders on what to do.\n\ngood reminders to do things right the first time\n\nGood reminders.\n\ngood review for beginners.\n\ngood start for 2020\n\nGood tips and info but....she was very dramatic and it came across as sitcom at times.\n\nGood to have strategies to avoid making same mistakes over and over. Thank you.\n\nGreat First of the Year Presentation. Would greatly love to see Cheri do more webinars.\n\ngreat handout, putting mistakes into categories with corrections - easy to read and understand. Cheri is has a great sense of humor and presents very well. thanks!\n\nGreat information.\n\nGreat information. Great enthusiasm. Most excited about the conference keeper website. Thanks for sharing.\n\nGreat information. Yes, I have made most of those mistakes!\n\nGreat presentation. A lot of information!\n\nGreat presenter!\n\nGreat reinforcement tools for not only beginners but more experienced genealogy sleuths as well.\n\nGreat review with reminders of double checking and documenting all sources. That's my project for this year, to add source to each individual on my Family Search Tree. Thank you.\n\nGreat speaker!! Obviously interested in topic she's speaking about and wants to impart info to others!! Very interesting!\n\nGreat Thank You\n\nGreat to hear Cheri Passey's enthusiastic presentation on common mistakes and how to do better.\n\nGreat webinar even for seasoned researchers - sometimes we need to be reminded how to avoid pitfalls! I really appreciated to upbeat demeanor of the presenter, her positive attitude and friendly voice!\n\nGreat webinar! Easy to understand and fun to listen to.\n\nGreat webinar. Fantastic presenter. All I need is time now.. and a carrot and a stick so I can create new habits. Certainly guilty of rushing, and not completing citations fully. \n\nGreat, relate-able topic!

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