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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun--Ellen's Questions- Part IV

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: 

 It's Saturday Night again - 

time for some more Genealogy Fun!!



Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!):



1)  Ellen Thompson-Jennings posted 20 questions on her Hound on the Hunt blog two weeks ago - see Even More Questions About Your Ancestors and Maybe A Few About You (posted 27 June). 



2)  We will do these five at a time - Questions 16 to 20 tonight (we did 1 through 5 three weeks ago and questions 6 through 10 two weeks ago, and 11 through 15 last week.)



3)  Tell us about it in your own blog post, in a comment on this post, or in a Facebook post.



If you’re into DNA which would you say you work on more? Genealogy or DNA? Or about the same?

Some days more, some days less. I review my DNA matches, and make note of our relationship. Some don't have trees, so I have to try to recreate them.
Do you think your genealogy is ever really done?

Not even close. There is always more to explore. I still have a lot more to do and more answers to uncover. I'll try to get as much done as possible.

 Did you ever search an ancestors name on the internet and you were surprised at what you found?

Yes, but I would say I was susprised, but interesting. On Newspapers.com, my 1st cousin 3x removed, Wilson H. Barton was in trouble with the law many times. He stole a Hudson Sedan in the 1920s, broke into a store, charged with larceny, and many more things. He just didn't want to stop!
Do you ever feel like your ancestors are nudging you in the right direction in your research?

 Sometimes. They may want me to go one direction, to get me off my tracks. We'll see about that.

 If you could give one piece of advice to some new to genealogy, what would you tell them?

  Slow down in the discovery process. Don't rush into the process because there are always twists and turns in genealogy. Verify your information, don't copy & paste genealogy or quick click genealogy.



Thanks for reading,
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