Most of us have those moments at work where we get distracted or in my case bored, with whatever task we are working on. Then there are those individuals who have a case of squirrel-itis or ADD, also like me. When that moment happens, I reach for my smartphone and spin the wheel on my Ancestry.com app.
Using the People menu under my Family Tree list, I rapidly scroll up the screen several times and watch the list of names go spinning by. When the list tops scrolling, I may choose click on a name with hints from Ancestry.com or keep rapidly scrolling up to find or more interesting name. I have nearly 3000 people in my list, so the spinner is bound to stop on an ancestor name I can’t recall. This just adds to the excitement. Some of us get the joy where ever we can during the work day.
One day I landed on name from a far off collateral line and hit the jackpot. I added 11 people with sources in a quick few minutes to my family tree. Occasionally, I like to spin through the hints just in case I can discover a new record in Ancestry.com collection.
Yes, I know I could search using “People with Hints” from the drop down menu. Where is the fun in that.! Genealogy is about the anticipation of feeling lucky and the reward of a prize.
I might as well put my distraction to good use in finding clues even if I am at work. Look at it this way, I am improving my analytical skills that can be applied to my work.
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