Well here's my second entry - I was expecting this to be my latest family history research breakthrough but something small but not insignificant happened yesterday which I wanted to record.
Yesterday morning I had a friend over to work on her family history. We have been meeting together for about a year and we have learnt many things using new family search. But when we discovered a loop in her family tree, meaning that a person had been linked as their own grandparent, I was nearly thrown for a loop! So I tapped into the Help Centre (which may I say is the best online help centre I have ever used) and did a search for a solution to our problem. The first search result was what we needed and after a quick study of their suggestions we found the answer to the problem. It was caused by someone combining the wrong records and we just had to separate the ones that didn't belong. So it was a great exercise since it's been a while since I've had to learn something new in family search.
Now here's the coincidence. Last night while doing some of my paid family history work I was faced with not one but three families where branches were looping and repeating themselves because sons were coming up as their own grandfathers etc. It could have added an extra half an hour to my friends bill, but because I just learnt how to solve that problem it was all fixed in a jiffy! Now don't try and tell me that there isn't a heavenly helping hand in this work of family history.
These coincidences, light bulb moments, God sends or whatever we call them is what makes this hobby so fulfilling. I feel so inspired when I can work to effectively bring families together.
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