tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post7951827224779260331..comments2024-03-13T21:06:16.936-04:00Comments on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: Cluster Genealogy - Have You Discovered the Benefits?Olive Tree Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-69802271666861262482013-05-15T13:39:59.853-04:002013-05-15T13:39:59.853-04:00I guess I've been doing cluster genealogy, too...I guess I've been doing cluster genealogy, too, without realizing that was the name for it. My ancestors seemed to live in a circle of surnames, and often married into another surname more than once. <br /><br />I've been taking my mother's maternal line back to the 1600s, and I also do the siblings. It's much easier to see the patterns when they're spread out that way. A Mariann Reganhttp://mariannsregan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-12834054741985434122013-05-14T19:17:05.467-04:002013-05-14T19:17:05.467-04:00I have used this method since I started my researc...I have used this method since I started my research a short time ago. I have always heard about my Aunts and Uncles from as far back as who ever was alive could remember, I don't actively seek actual copies of their birth, marriage and death records but if they have a copy in Ancestry.com I will print it out. One problem I had was not reading anything about Ancestry,com or anything else Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03858908542235616977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-56979146061668918302013-05-14T08:46:55.151-04:002013-05-14T08:46:55.151-04:00great post,nice to have a name to put to this type...great post,nice to have a name to put to this type of research.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747734897778712396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-83974651096407418572013-05-14T08:45:29.654-04:002013-05-14T08:45:29.654-04:00I didn't know it had a name, but it have used ...I didn't know it had a name, but it have used this method, using census and notices in old newspapers etc.<br />great post!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747734897778712396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-36415869110715286782013-05-13T16:20:06.624-04:002013-05-13T16:20:06.624-04:00I do the same and didn't know it had a name ei...I do the same and didn't know it had a name either. I was recently helping a friend with her tree and had a few names to search for. Sure enough, the one family lived next door on the census.smytttie40https://www.blogger.com/profile/12756607269622491403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-87548482760361765552013-05-13T11:02:45.963-04:002013-05-13T11:02:45.963-04:00Yea. I do that too and didn't know it had a na...Yea. I do that too and didn't know it had a name. Thanks for an informative post.dianeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06302317835903584000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-88726503871197528222013-05-13T10:42:31.286-04:002013-05-13T10:42:31.286-04:00I'm just back from a trip to the LAC, research...I'm just back from a trip to the LAC, researching an ancestor who was part of the Red River settlement. I took some time away from that line in order to make use of the Genealogy room they have and one of the staff hooked me up with a database I was unfamiliar with: BMS200 - http://www.bms2000.org/en<br />The interesting thing about this particular source was the ability to search by CallieKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04991717349717389292noreply@blogger.com