Six Hats for Genealogy

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The Six Hats of genealogical thinking. Schematic (C) Sophie Kay, 2022.

Get your thinking cap on.

Throw your hat into the ring.

Wearing many hats.

The hat can be a powerful analogy for how we think and act. Changing our hat can transform our attitude: wearing a fedora might turn you into Indiana Jones, ready for perilous adventures involving snakes and priceless historical artefacts.… Read the rest

Record Clustering Analysis Using Excel (A Tutorial)

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In this short tutorial, we’re going to walk through the process of using Microsoft Excel to make plots for Record Clustering Analysis, or RCA for short. Even if you don’t have a Microsoft subscription, these instructions should work on the free, online-access Excel version included in Microsoft Office for the Web.… Read the rest