Randy's Best Genea-Musings Posts for 2016

I guess it's OK to write this post now - I wrote over 970 blog posts in 2016, including some pretty good ones.  I want to list the "best ones" - according to me!  They are the ones I want to be able to easily find later, or ones that might help another researcher.  I'll list them in chronological order:

*  Dear Randy: How Do You Use Your Smartphone to Do Genealogy? (11 January 2016)

*  Thinking About My Descendancy Research Plan (19 January 2016)

*  Standardized Historical and Current Place Names - Post 1 (26 January 2016); Post 2: Two Potential RootsMagic Solutions (27 January 2016); Post 3: An Elegant Solution (28 January 2016)

*  My Day at the Family History Library - 2 February 2016 (3 February 2016)

*  12 Takeaways from the RootsTech 2016 Conference (10 February 2016)

*  Hmmm. There are Still No Standards for Names in Family Trees (15 February 2016)

*  Searching Newspaper Records on Findmypast (18 February 2016)

*  Does the Ancestry Member Tree Index "Prune" Trees? (18 February 2016)

*  Adding a Life Sketch to the FamilySearch Family Tree (3 March 2016)

*  Finding MyHeritage Record Collection Lists (4 March 2016)

*  Finding a Maiden Name, and More, for Mary (--?--) (Breck) Plimpton (9 March 2016)

*  A Kirby Family Genealogical Windfall From Susanne (17 March 2016)

*  Ancestry.com has Added "North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000" Database (14 April 2016)

*  Using Diane Boumenot's Rhode Island Probate File Index (19 April 2016)

*  Using RootsMagic and FamilySearch to Update My MyHeritage Family Tree (27 April 2016)

*  Making Progress on My Auble Cousins - Post 1: Finding Elizabeth's Will (25 April 2016);   Post 2: Transcription of Elizabeth Auble's Will (28 April 2016); Post 3: Identifying Elizabeth Auble's Heirs (29 April 2016); Post 4: The William Auble Challenges (3 May 2016);   Post 5: The Sophia Auble Challenges Part 1 (5 May 2016);  Post 6: Solving the William Auble Challenge (6 May 2016);  Post 7: Sophia Auble's Descendants (10 May 2016);  Post 8: Nathan Auble's Descendants (17 May 2016);  Post 9: Was Sarah Auble Elizabeth's Sister? (24 May 2016);  Post 10: The Strubles (10 June 2016)

*  Mining Ancestry.com Hints by Specific Record Collection - Updated (2 May 2016)

*  Using Puzzilla to Visualize My Auble Family Tree Research (9 May 2016)

*  You Should Browse Probate Records on Ancestry.com - Don't Rely on Only the Index (18 May 2016)

*  Dear Randy -- How Do You Put a Census Extraction In Your RootsMagic Database? (19 May 2016)

*  Ten Takeaways From the #SCGS2016 Genealogy Jamboree (7 June 2016)

*  Creating a MyHeritage "Sun Chart" (15 June 2016)

*  Dear Randy: How Did You Figure Out Those Relationships on WikiTree? (17 June 2016)

*  Making Ancestor and Descendant Reports in Geni.com (29 June 2016)

*  Shaky Leaves and All - Are They Useful? (7 July 2016)

*  Dear Randy: How Can I Import FamilySearch Family Tree Persons Into RootsMagic? (18 July 2016)

*  Finding Elling Eriksen Natvig's Land in Cottage Grove, Wisconsin (1 August 2016)

*  My Top Ten Genealogy Research "Programs" (16 August 2016).

*  Adding Descendant Information the Easy Way - Post 1: Importing it From FamilySearch Family Tree (25 August 2016); Post 2: Importing it to an Ancestry Member Tree (26 August 2016); Post 3: Stimulating Hints in the Ancestry Member Tree (31 August 2016)

*  Dear Randy: What is Your Workflow to Move Ancestry Member Tree Hints Into RootsMagic? (19 September 2016)

*  How Accurate Are Ancestry.com Hints? (20 September 2016)

*  Status of Land and Probate Records on FamilySearch (22 September 2016)

*  My First Foray Into Italian Civil Registration Records - Success!! (13 October 2016)

*  Searching the FREE MyHeritage "Compilation of Published Sources" Collection (1 December 2016)

*  Dear Randy: How Do You Search on FamilySearch for Records for a Person? (13 December 2016)

 In addition, I transcribed and sourced many of the records and documents on hand in my weekly Amanuensis Monday and Treasure Chest Thursday posts.  With this list, I should be able to remember what I did accomplish in 2016!

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