Shake the tree and nuts fall out!

From Amy Johnson Crow - There can be all kinds of unexpected discoveries when we research our family history. What have you found that was unexpected? Have you found anything in an unexpected source? What about an ancestor who experienced something unexpected? So, we have got to week 25, almost half way through the year of stories on my family. I had pondered this from day 1 when I saw the list of titles and to be honest had not idea of what I could add that was “ unexpected ”. Did I go the route of things I had done in the tree, things that I had found out or something else linked to the title, no. Nothing or no-one jumped out at me. That was until I found the 1939 census for my great grandparents and saw something “ unexpected ” on it. If you take a look at the image below you may not see anything wrong with it, I certainly didn’t upon 1 st glance. It was only as I went back to the tree did I notice the name of the 3 rd person wasn’t their daughter Dora. The census image defini...

It really does my head when people take screen shots of the census records and then upload them to ancestry as a family photograph. It's NOT a photo, its a document. Don't people know the difference?? I'm guessing not! I'm pretty sure i'm not the only person who finds this really annoying (or maybe I am, I don't know). It's not helpful and wastes time. Rant over.