This week Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by Amy Johnson Crow, a professional genealogist, and author who is known for her 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge, as well as for promoting helpful tips and tricks for genealogists. Amy and Maureen discuss a critical search feature that many family historians are missing – Wildcards. They delve into how researching correctly and building better research habits is critical to being a successful genealogist.
Related Episodes:
Episode 68: 52 Weeks of Ancestors
Episode 48: Finding Family Photos
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About My Guest:
Amy holds a Masters’s Degree in Library and Information Science from Kent State University. She has held a Certified Genealogist® credential since 1995. Amy has worked at Ancestry.com, served as the series editor for the National Genealogical Society Guides, published by Rutledge Hill Press, and was the co-author of Online Roots in that series.
Amy is the author of 31 Days to Better Genealogy, a resource guide filled with practical tips you can put into practice right away, as well as more than 40 articles in various genealogical publications. She has presented at genealogy’s top events, including RootsTech.
About Maureen Taylor:
Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London and Canada. She’s the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira). She’s been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany’s top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family history website and also writes guidebooks, scholarly articles and online columns for such media as Smithsonian.com. Learn more at Maureentaylor.com