Random Acts of Genealogy Kindness - The Golden Rule of Successful Genealogy Researchers
We are living in an era of trends and lists, especially when it comes to the Internet. No matter what your home page is, there's usually a couple of "Top 10 Lists" waiting for you - everything from "The 10 Top Foods That Give You Gas" to "The 10 Things You Should Not Talk About in a Job Interview," which probably includes a number of items from the first list. There are quite a few "Top 10 Genealogy Research Resources" lists out there, as well. Most of them include the customary: 1) census, 2) online records, 3) city directories, and so forth. However, the one genealogy research resource that trumps them all is a super powerful, knows-no-bounds search engine (no, it's not Mocavo.com) that each and every genealogist has in their possession - whether they know it or not. This remarkable resource is known as Random Acts of Genealogy Kindness (also referred to as Genealogy Karma) - be nice to others and it will come back to you. Whether line...