Natasha Houseman
@natashahouseman.bsky.social
Born in Yorkshire. Live in Camden. Love both. Passionately & ambitiously creating a more sustainable people focussed world alongside geeking out on #FamilyHistory. Everything I say or do is personal.
I am using WikiTree to help me work through and improve my own Ancestry Tree (and sometimes cull it). There's so much early stuff which needs improvement and I'm adding so many more notes!
August 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I am using WikiTree to help me work through and improve my own Ancestry Tree (and sometimes cull it). There's so much early stuff which needs improvement and I'm adding so many more notes!
And essentially it's better for the records themselves if we are looking at online images rather than touching the originals. I'm excited for you!
August 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
And essentially it's better for the records themselves if we are looking at online images rather than touching the originals. I'm excited for you!
And I'm not explaining myself fully! Basically if i have a date in my tree without a note or linked source, I know it's nothing more than a clue and needs checking But of course, no-one else would know my shorthand approach......
August 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
And I'm not explaining myself fully! Basically if i have a date in my tree without a note or linked source, I know it's nothing more than a clue and needs checking But of course, no-one else would know my shorthand approach......
What I won't do is use it on a collaborative site. My own Ancestry Tree is private (because i got tired of my own photos coming back as someone else's hint) so I can't cause problems for others that way. #AncestryHour
August 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
What I won't do is use it on a collaborative site. My own Ancestry Tree is private (because i got tired of my own photos coming back as someone else's hint) so I can't cause problems for others that way. #AncestryHour
I contract a lot of dates. By which I mean I might add a year if I know a quarter or a month if there's a date. I do that with locations too. To give margin for error. But I think that's because I'm mainly building out where there are records so it's to then help search. #AncestryHour
August 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I contract a lot of dates. By which I mean I might add a year if I know a quarter or a month if there's a date. I do that with locations too. To give margin for error. But I think that's because I'm mainly building out where there are records so it's to then help search. #AncestryHour
Congratulations! I had to pull out of two courses because I hadn't planned on being employed when I registered for them. I feel sad when that happens as it holds up a space from someone else. #AncestryHour
August 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Congratulations! I had to pull out of two courses because I hadn't planned on being employed when I registered for them. I feel sad when that happens as it holds up a space from someone else. #AncestryHour
Aah yes. I lot of their war records are similarly annoying and just point to Fold3. I've pretty much stopped looking at/using/connecting an index record to my tree on Ancestry. If it's the only place i've seen a date, I'll often just add the date without the link. #AncestryHour
August 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Aah yes. I lot of their war records are similarly annoying and just point to Fold3. I've pretty much stopped looking at/using/connecting an index record to my tree on Ancestry. If it's the only place i've seen a date, I'll often just add the date without the link. #AncestryHour
Oh this is timely. The #WikiTree England Project's monthly challenge is all about Women in WWI, so i've just shared it with the project team. #AncestryHour
August 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Oh this is timely. The #WikiTree England Project's monthly challenge is all about Women in WWI, so i've just shared it with the project team. #AncestryHour
I'd say it potentially depends on the record set? Or rather I think I mean whether you are able to look an image series or just unlinked transcripts/indexes? Maybe a bit of context (😉) about why this has come up? #AncestryHour
August 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I'd say it potentially depends on the record set? Or rather I think I mean whether you are able to look an image series or just unlinked transcripts/indexes? Maybe a bit of context (😉) about why this has come up? #AncestryHour
That's exciting! I've not been one to jump on records as soon as they come out, as so much is already available in my area, but i do remember when it dawned on me that a lot of new North Yorkshire records had been added and I had lots of fun then! #AncestryHour
August 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
That's exciting! I've not been one to jump on records as soon as they come out, as so much is already available in my area, but i do remember when it dawned on me that a lot of new North Yorkshire records had been added and I had lots of fun then! #AncestryHour
If I recall correctly, I created the "residence move" category because of how dates on residence worked. I wanted to use the standard residence for proven dates, and the move category for collating other evidence.
July 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
If I recall correctly, I created the "residence move" category because of how dates on residence worked. I wanted to use the standard residence for proven dates, and the move category for collating other evidence.
Definitely I'd say key ceremonies in religions other than Christianity. I don't think they are well covered at all. I did add confirmation so they aren't even complete for Christianity.
July 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Definitely I'd say key ceremonies in religions other than Christianity. I don't think they are well covered at all. I did add confirmation so they aren't even complete for Christianity.
I suspect this does depend on the climate range an area experiences, but bodies do keep a lot longer when the ground is frozen solid.
July 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I suspect this does depend on the climate range an area experiences, but bodies do keep a lot longer when the ground is frozen solid.
I'm #SwedishDeathCleaning - planning for that now when I've every intention of being around for another 30 years!
July 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I'm #SwedishDeathCleaning - planning for that now when I've every intention of being around for another 30 years!
Burials are "normally" a bit safer than baptisms, but you are right - possibly true-er in summer than winter!
July 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Burials are "normally" a bit safer than baptisms, but you are right - possibly true-er in summer than winter!
Agreed, plus village history books. But I have been really fortunate in what I've inherited and still want to get all of the info I have properly collated and up onto online sites before I even start on archives! #AncestryHour
July 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Agreed, plus village history books. But I have been really fortunate in what I've inherited and still want to get all of the info I have properly collated and up onto online sites before I even start on archives! #AncestryHour
Ah, oops, sorry. It's also recognising that for earlier periods we mostly only know baptism and burial, not birth and death. Reasonable proxies, but different #AncestryHour
July 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Ah, oops, sorry. It's also recognising that for earlier periods we mostly only know baptism and burial, not birth and death. Reasonable proxies, but different #AncestryHour
Oh, absolutely. Just been spending a lot of time on WikiTree adding all the basic profiles over the last year, but once that's done, I really want to go back and add the more interesting stuff! #AncestryHour
July 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Oh, absolutely. Just been spending a lot of time on WikiTree adding all the basic profiles over the last year, but once that's done, I really want to go back and add the more interesting stuff! #AncestryHour
Inquest, imprisonment and crime. For obvious reasons! #AncestryHour (and on Ancestry I'm also tracking posthumous babies and twice or more related for double ancestors). Plus literacy, which I take from marriage records. Think that's about it.....
July 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Inquest, imprisonment and crime. For obvious reasons! #AncestryHour (and on Ancestry I'm also tracking posthumous babies and twice or more related for double ancestors). Plus literacy, which I take from marriage records. Think that's about it.....