One detangling strategy I've been using the past few years is: when I come across an issue on my tree, I add it to my "To Do" list in my #genealogy program (I use Legacy Family Tree). That way I can research it properly & won't forget about it. #genchat@genchat
Draft trees = floating trees on Ancestry ... very useful indeed.
Sometimes I'm in two minds whether the exploratory nature means I should anonymise by eg leaving off dates of death in my public tree.
Alternatively there are always valid records attached so in that sense they are true trees but not necessarily ever going to be attached properly to mine.
The least productive have been separate private trees.
The most productive are floating (with"Floating" in the suffix field of the name) so are essentially public ... but if I omit the date of death/make "living" it makes them invisible.
The latter quite often eventually flash up a hint as to a parent who is in my tree from earlier working "downhill"
Best tool in my box for sorting out messes I've mentioned before:
The UK GRO website for post 1837 UK births that morphs into FreeBMD around 1911 for confirming mothers' maiden names. It can be tedious but helps disambiguation.
I've only been using it about 12 months so a slow process to verify the wilder branches.
#genchat#genealogy@genealogy Ah surely you jest? Messes? We are talking people & families, right? All a mess, always a mess. Just get one sorted and something else pops up. I say "Embrace the Mess" and do what speaks to you now. Currently working on a 4000 year old conundrum. It's funny too that people forget how messy humans are. We have a multiplicity of motivations. We move. We come back home. My great joy this week. A new YDNA match that appears to have moved less than 30 miles in 4000 years. https://wheatonwood.com/2024/05/22/the-journey-of-one-4000-year-old-celtic-y-snp-rfgc22501-ten-years-of-discovery/
Good morning/evening/afternoon, #genchat ! Today our Open Mic theme is Untangling from a #Genealogy Mess! What kinds of messes do you have? Big/small? Physical/electronic? How do you untangle them? Let's chat! @genchat
The 'Pieces of History" blog at the US National Archives has several posts on the history of "control" of Chinese Immigration. Use "Chinese" in the search box.