10 Fascinating Genealogy Questions to Ask at Your Next Family Reunion
Family reunions are perfect opportunities to dive deeper into family history, hear old stories, and uncover hidden gems of your...
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Julie Tonseth
Sep 232 min read
Exploring the Origins of Last Names: How Location and Occupation Shape Ancestral Surnames
In the intricate tapestry of our family history, surnames carry tales of our ancestors, echoing their occupations, locations, and the...
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Julie Tonseth
Sep 92 min read
1851 Map of California Gold Rush Area Counties
https://lccn.loc.gov/2022589092 The Changing Boundaries of California's Gold Rush Counties: A Look Back at 1851 The landscape of...
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Julie Tonseth
Aug 212 min read
How to Wrangle Your DNA Matches Into a Group using Ancestry's Pro Tools
Although the method for adding multiple DNA matches to a group has been altered from the non-subscription approach, the option is still...
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Julie Tonseth
Apr 10, 20232 min read
William Henry Offenstein (1873-1954)
Meet my paternal great- grand uncle, William Henry Offenstein (1873-1954). He was the brother of my father's grandfather. He was born in...
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Julie Tonseth
Apr 10, 20231 min read
Minnie (Powell) Offenstein (1881-1963)
The wife of my great-grand uncle, was instrumental in stopping a baby buggy ring in Wichita. How brave of her to do this! I love the last...
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Julie Tonseth
Mar 29, 20231 min read
Augustin L. Guillory (1808 -1873)
I am starting to dread when I pick an ancestor's name, place and date and search on Newspapers.com to see if anything comes up. This...
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Julie Tonseth
Jan 24, 20231 min read
Ancestor Spotlight - E.F. Clarke
Ancestor Spotlight _ Edward Fielding Clarke
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Julie Tonseth
Nov 19, 20223 min read
Tonseths in S. Dakota - 1935
While researching my great-grandmother Edna (Sandven) Tonseth, I came across the 1935 South Dakota state census. It is not indexed, but...
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Julie Tonseth
Nov 11, 20224 min read
New Product! Highlight your ancestor with a spotlight story!
We are offering a new product to our customers who are interested in a concise, written story about their ancestor. We will research,...
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Julie Tonseth
Jul 21, 20222 min read
New Client Info - how we work together to solve your mystery.
How to hire a genetic genealogist & how I work with new clients.
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Julie Tonseth
Jun 1, 20226 min read
Joseph Gregoire Guillory (1712-1786)
Update - this is a fantastic paper written by Nicole Gipson with tons of details about the case and the Guillory family. It is long!...
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Julie Tonseth
May 16, 20226 min read
The Cousin Conundrum
I work with complicated topics in my research projects that can be difficult to explain. Haplogroups, shared centimorgans (cM) and...
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Julie Tonseth
Mar 6, 20223 min read
X Chromosome use in Genealogy Research
One of the newer focus items in understanding DNA matches is the use of a chromosome browser. This analysis tool can assist in either...
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Julie Tonseth
Feb 15, 20222 min read
Why should I pay someone for genealogy help when it is so easy on Ancestry.com?
When I talk to people about the science of genealogy, they tend to respond with comments such as , "I built a tree on Ancestry.com in 20...
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Julie Tonseth
Jan 7, 20224 min read
My thoughts about returning to work after the "great resignation."
I left my full-time, well-paying job back in May 2021 along with millions of other employees. The reason why was crystal clear to me...
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Julie Tonseth
Oct 11, 20212 min read
Rocket Ship or Paper Lantern?
What makes a company a “rocket ship?” I am not referring to the current fad of billionaires blasting themselves into space, and then...
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Julie Tonseth
Aug 10, 20212 min read
How to co-term to avoid ARR churn
In the software subscription and SaaS business, there is a common revenue standard of Annual Recurring Revenue or ARR. It is a deceptive...
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Julie Tonseth
Jul 27, 20212 min read
Sales Operations Review
Does your company never seem to have enough sales support people to handle the incoming work? Are your Sales Ops employees working...
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Julie Tonseth
Jul 4, 20214 min read
M.V.P vs Reality in Technology Projects
There is a concept in technology projects and for product releases as well, called the “M.V.P.,” or Minimum Viable Product. This idea is...
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