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Not Again. . .

Does anyone remember roughly two months ago when I posted Back to the Roots—an essay detailing how I had to restart my original family tree (with 7,000+ individuals) from scratch due to my own pre-hobbyist negligence catching up to me?

At the time of that post, I already had 30 individuals nestled into my new, pristine tree. Since then, I've added another 150 meticulously researched and cited individuals to keep all entries consistent and verified.

Last night, I realized with a frustrated heart that I forgot I decided I wouldn't add transcribed-only data to the verified information pool, but that was definitely what I'd been doing with the new tree. I don't know how many individuals were affected by this oversight.

I have to give myself some grace, though. Suddenly changing up a long-standing habit is difficult. All I can do now is fix the issue before I go any further.

Do I start completely over again? That's certainly an option, but one I'll use as a last resort. With only 180 individuals, it should be relatively easy to go through them all to discover which ones need damage control. If the undertaking becomes more trouble than it's worth then I'll likely start fresh.

Wish me luck, everyone! If you're curious how my genealogy journey will go, give me a follow! I have some interesting upcoming essays concerning my spouse's family that you won't want to miss!

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Hiatus, Update 1

In my Hiatus post, I mentioned using my winter break from college to get some genealogy research in and hopefully concoct a few posts as a result.

While I certainly got some great research done and plugged in more data to my tree, I failed to find anything really interesting to report on. Then, before I knew it, winter break was over. My second semester started full-swing. My assignments quickly built up and have kept me perpetually swamped.

Spring break is the second week of March, and while I won't be purchasing any genealogy services to further my research at that time, my goal is to write up at least one post for My Twisting Tree of Ancestry.

Until then, keep the research spirit alive and well, and best of luck in your genealogical endeavors!

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Hiatus

The terms of my hiatus are uncertain, but I have no intentions of abandoning My Twisting Tree of Ancestry blog.

I started college last month, leaving me with little time to do extracurricular research. However, even if I had the time, I can no longer afford genealogy services, which has brought all of my research to a firm halt anyway.

I have a long winter break starting in mid-to-late December. I'm hoping to get a month of services so I can spend my break working on my tree. If I do, I'm hoping to get a few posts in.

Until then, I wish y'all all the luck in your own digging and tree-building!

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