Michael Neill
@mjnrootdig.bsky.social
Genealogist (author of Genealogy Tip of the Day https://bit.ly/3AEMtte), Casefile Clues, among various other things. #genealogy #familyhistory
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Stuck in Recipe Books, Lurking in the Background, Leaving Behind Goals, Put in Artifacts, No Faces, Grandparent Interaction, Themed Stones
Our most recent social media postings.
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October 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Our most recent collection of #genealogy postings open.substack.com/pub/genealog...
If use AI to create a picture of an ancestor to use an illustration in a post about that ancestor, should you indicate that the picture was created by AI? It seems to me like you should. #genealogy
October 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
If use AI to create a picture of an ancestor to use an illustration in a post about that ancestor, should you indicate that the picture was created by AI? It seems to me like you should. #genealogy
Compilation of our social media postings on that other site. open.substack.com/pub/genealog...
Supposed DNA Matches, Avoided Probate, Related by Marriage, Concrete Top to Gates of Heaven, You Don't Know, From Scratch, DeedMapper
Our most recent social media postings.
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October 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Compilation of our social media postings on that other site. open.substack.com/pub/genealog...
Headed to a #genealogy fair in Toledo, Ohio, on 4 October. Join us www.toledolibrary.org/genealogyfair/
October 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Headed to a #genealogy fair in Toledo, Ohio, on 4 October. Join us www.toledolibrary.org/genealogyfair/
Our latest compilation of #genealogy postings on those "other" social media sites. genealogytipoftheday.substack.com/p/heard-it-w...
Heard It Wrong, Growing Into Your Looks, Ancestral Trips, Who Flew?, Wedding Note, Notes on Slides, Barking Dog, Checking Digital Images, Old Charts, Enveloping Clues, Ancestral Clothes, Fleeting Obit
Still playing catch-up
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October 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Our latest compilation of #genealogy postings on those "other" social media sites. genealogytipoftheday.substack.com/p/heard-it-w...
What did you do with these if you had some? I kept people I knew and got rid of vacation photos and non-people shots unless I knew the location. You cannot keep it all #genealogy
October 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
What did you do with these if you had some? I kept people I knew and got rid of vacation photos and non-people shots unless I knew the location. You cannot keep it all #genealogy
Thoughts on the stuff I have in my #genealogy totes. Saving, digitizing, and the like. The text of the image is in our posting at genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/20...
September 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Thoughts on the stuff I have in my #genealogy totes. Saving, digitizing, and the like. The text of the image is in our posting at genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/20...
You can't save every card you ever received. I've digitized ones with #genealogy significance and kept few for sentimental reasons...including these two from my grandmothers.
September 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
You can't save every card you ever received. I've digitized ones with #genealogy significance and kept few for sentimental reasons...including these two from my grandmothers.
Got these that aren't your family? Consider posting them to #findagrave, #familysearch big ol' tree, or other online trees as a way to preserve them. #genealogy
September 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Got these that aren't your family? Consider posting them to #findagrave, #familysearch big ol' tree, or other online trees as a way to preserve them. #genealogy
Been a long time since the bulk of my #genealogy notes were handwritten. But back in the day not all microfilm readers would print. Paper and pencil were what we used.
September 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Been a long time since the bulk of my #genealogy notes were handwritten. But back in the day not all microfilm readers would print. Paper and pencil were what we used.
Decided to use "migration streams" instead of "migration chains" in my #genealogy work. genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/20...
Migration Streams - Genealogy Tip of the Day
I'm currently working on a family of immigrants to the US in the 1860 where several siblings immigrate over time and settle in the same general area--at least initially. One single man came first and ...
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September 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Decided to use "migration streams" instead of "migration chains" in my #genealogy work. genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/20...
Need a picture of the school your ancestor attended? Do #genealogy societies, historical societies, local libraries and the like have graduation announcements or yearbooks? They may have them.
September 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Need a picture of the school your ancestor attended? Do #genealogy societies, historical societies, local libraries and the like have graduation announcements or yearbooks? They may have them.
#genealogy is always about what you don't know--and sometimes we don't even know it.
September 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
#genealogy is always about what you don't know--and sometimes we don't even know it.
A few quick reminders about digital images. #genealogy genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/20...
September 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A few quick reminders about digital images. #genealogy genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/20...
Sometimes we have to use what could be unreliable. #genealogy genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/20...
But Those Records are Unreliable! - Genealogy Tip of the Day
Years ago after a presentation, a gentleman came up and told me that I should not suggest people rely on census records or other "secondary records" for information. While census records can be incorr...
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September 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Sometimes we have to use what could be unreliable. #genealogy genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/20...
Not certain what happened to this picture, but at least I got a ditigal copy made of it. #genealogy
September 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Not certain what happened to this picture, but at least I got a ditigal copy made of it. #genealogy
Excited to be focusing on common names in full-text search. More details about our October #genealogy presentation here conta.cc/3JUQnCh
September 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Excited to be focusing on common names in full-text search. More details about our October #genealogy presentation here conta.cc/3JUQnCh
NARA has numerous digital microfilm rolls of post office reports of office locations. #genealogy www.archives.gov/research/pos...
September 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
NARA has numerous digital microfilm rolls of post office reports of office locations. #genealogy www.archives.gov/research/pos...
Made those cookies from that recipe found in my Mother's things. Maybe we'll do a recipe book next! #genealogy
September 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Made those cookies from that recipe found in my Mother's things. Maybe we'll do a recipe book next! #genealogy
Our latest compilation of #genealogy posts on that well-known forum. open.substack.com/pub/genealog...
Need Fancy Schmancy?, The Blob, As Liest, Asliest, As Lie East, Recipe Handwriting, Full Text Is One Tool, Nearest Post Office, Grass Widows, On the Borders, Cow's Out
Our most recent social media postings related to genealogy.
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September 5, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Our latest compilation of #genealogy posts on that well-known forum. open.substack.com/pub/genealog...
Do you have weather-related pictures in your #genealogy collection? This one is from Illinois in the 1970s.
September 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Do you have weather-related pictures in your #genealogy collection? This one is from Illinois in the 1970s.
Always thought that all the white boxes in the ThruLines at AncestryDNA came from my actual tree. Apparently the relationships do not. The white box people are in my tree, but I do not have Trientje H as the daughter of F Lichtsinn as shown here. Urgh. #genealogy
September 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Always thought that all the white boxes in the ThruLines at AncestryDNA came from my actual tree. Apparently the relationships do not. The white box people are in my tree, but I do not have Trientje H as the daughter of F Lichtsinn as shown here. Urgh. #genealogy
Made a #genealogy discovery for myself in digital copies of antebellum records while preparing for my latest full-text searching at FamilySearch presentation. conta.cc/45OiJqs
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September 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Made a #genealogy discovery for myself in digital copies of antebellum records while preparing for my latest full-text searching at FamilySearch presentation. conta.cc/45OiJqs
What all do you have in your #genealogy collection? genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/20...
What All Do You Have? - Genealogy Tip of the Day
I am trying to determine who wrote out the recipe on a recipe card my Mom had but that was stamped with the name of a friend, relative, and teaching colleague. It appears to be in my Mom's writing, bu...
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August 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
What all do you have in your #genealogy collection? genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/20...