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The Research Like a Pro Genealogy Podcast — 420 episodes
RLP 420: Tips for Using the New FamilySearch Simple Search Tool
RLP 419: What Genealogists Are Saying About AI Transcription of Foreign-Language Documents
RLP 418: Meet Leo - The Handwritten Text Recognition Platform Built for Researchers
RLP 417: AI Handwritten Text Recognition Tools at the RootsTech Expo Hall
RLP 416: George Washington and Richard Wiatt Royston - America 250 Ancestor
RLP 415: Testing AI's Ability to Map Historical Land Records
RLP 414: A Trip to the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
RLP 413: Using Claude's Custom Skills for Genealogy Research Reports
RLP 412: Acadian Genealogy and Ancestral Intuition with Judy Nimer Muhn
RLP 411: 23andMe Clustering and Chromosome Browser
RLP 410: Catholic Nun Research with Sunny Morton
RLP 409: Negative Search Results vs. Negative Evidence: When Nothing Found Means Something
RLP 408: Buried Secrets - Interview with Ann Hanson
RLP 407: Agentic Browsers and Native Integrations: Second Edition of RLP with AI
RLP 406: Goldie May's New AI Tool with Richard Miller
RLP 405: Interview with Mark and Steve of the Family History AI Show
RLP 404: RootsTech Class 2026 Class Takeaways
RLP 403: Transforming Court Records Research with AI: Analyzing
RLP 402: Transforming Court Records Research with AI: Finding and Logging
RLP 401: Airtable Research Log Updates for 2026
RLP 400: From Searcher to Researcher: Listener Takeaways from 400 Episodes
RLP 399: Merging and Separating Identities with Jan Joyce
RLP 398: FamilySearch Wiki with Virginia Pratt
RLP 397: What Genealogists Can Learn from Colum McCann's "TransAtlantic": Writing Family History
RLP 396: Visiting My Love County, Oklahoma, Roots
RLP 395: How to Use Ancestry DNA Custom Clusters in Your Research
RLP 394: When Birthdates Don't Agree: Analyzing and Correlating Evidence
RLP 393: Revisiting the Father of Cynthia (Dillard) Royston - Part 6 Writing the Report
RLP 392: Revisiting the Father of Cynthia (Dillard) Royston: Part 5 Research Logging and Citations
RLP 391: Revisiting the Father of Cynthia (Dillard) Royston - Part 4 Research Planning
RLP 390: Revisiting the Father of Cynthia (Dillard) Royston - Part 3 Locality Research
RLP 389: Revisiting the Father of Cynthia (Dillard) Royston - Part 2 Timeline
RLP 388: Ultimate Guide to Mastering FamilySearch with Dana Palmer
RLP 387: Revisiting the Father of Cynthia (Dillard) Royston - Part 1 Objective
RLP 386: Disappearing Act: John Royston Apprentice (1750 – after 1814)
RLP 385: Women and the Law of Property in Early America
RLP 384 : In the News - William Beddoes (1838-1920)
RLP 383: Early Love County Records
RLP 382: Interview with Linda Broenniman
RLP 381: Love County Tax Records
RLP 380: Love County Courthouse Land Records
RLP 379: Handwritten Text Recognition with Google AI Studio
RLP 378: Interview with Gavin Beinart-Smollan
RLP 377: Visiting the Cassia County Historical Society and Museum
RLP 376: Preparing for Onsite Research - Part 3
RLP 375: Preparing for Onsite Research - Part 2
RLP 374: Preparing for Onsite Research - Part 1
RLP 373: Heirloom Charts with Robert Stevens
RLP 372: Onsite Research - Beyond Digitized Records
RLP 371: Comparing Marriage Records: Original Licence and Return vs Marriage Book Entry
RLP 370: Tracing the Enslaved in the 1900 U.S. Census and Enslaved.org Project
RLP 369: Decoding the 1819 Weatherford Assault Case in Frontier Arkansas
RLP 368: AI in the Driver's Seat - Using Technology to Identify Vehicles in Family Photos
RLP 367: The Nurturing Legacy of My Second Great-Grandmother - Alice Frazier Harris
RLP 366: Using AI to Add Historical Context - Boston Union Workhouse and Sarah Jane (Miller) Creer
RLP 365: Thomas B Royston's Land and Headstone in Chambers County, Alabama
RLP 364: How to Match Individuals in Old Photos Using Related Faces
RLP 363: A Day at the Chamber County Courthouse: Tips for Success
RLP 362: A Day at the Alabama Department of Archives and History
RLP 361: Home Sweet Home - The House that Charles C. Creer Built
360: The Indigo Girl – Eliza Lucas Pinckney in 18th Century South Carolina
RLP 359: Belle Carpenter and 1875 Divorce
RLP 358: Jemima Griggs and Joseph Knight Senior
RLP 357: AI and Full Text Search
RLP 356: Clarinda and Jerusha- Puritan Roots to Pioneer Legacy
RLP 355: Anna Nash and the Cowderys: Uncovering Family Connections
RLP 354: Ancestors' Journals - Phinehas Richards in Church Archives
RLP 353: Citing Digitized Records on Family Search
RLP 352: Levi Richards' Journal Account of Joseph Smith's First Vision
RLP 351: Separating Women of the Same Name - Two Cleo Zinns
RLP 350: Florence Creer Kelsey and Her First Job
RLP 349: RootsTech 2025 Tech Announcements
RLP 348: William Kelsey's Diary and Spiritual Manifestations
RLP 347: Effie Kelsey and BitterSweet-A Poem, Researching Material Culture
RLP 346: The Mystery of Claude "Dock" Harris' Nickname
RLP 345- Edward Raymond Kelsey- Horseman and Sheriff's Posse Member
RLP 344: Colonial American Research and "The Peopling of British North America"
RLP 343: Turn Your Family Tree into a Book with Rebecca Shamblin
RLP 342: Joseph Lee Robinson and the Book of Covenants
RLP 341: The Value of Negative Evidence
RLP 340: Using AI to Analyze Tax Data
RLP 339: Customizing an Airtable Research Log for Tax Records
RLP 338: When City Directory Indexing Goes Wrong
RLP 337: Handwritten Text Recognition by Claude 3.5 Sonnet
RLP 336: Without the Parish with Jessica Morgan- Probate, Court, and Manor Record
RLP 335: Without the Parish with Jessica Morgan- Parish Chest and Tax Records
RLP 334: Transkribus--Handwritten Text Analysis with AI
RLP 333: How To Add DNA Information to WikiTree
RLP 332: Review of "The Woman They Could Not Silence" By Kate Moore
RLP 331: Using GEDmatch DNA Segment Tools in a Research Project
RLP 330: Educational Opportunities with Lisa Stokes
RLP 329: Using AI in Report Writing
RLP 328: Using AI in Research Logging
RLP 327: How to Find DNA Test Takers with Descendency Research
RLP 326: Using AI with Research Planning
RLP 325: Using AI with Locality Research
RLP 324: Using AI for Timelines and Analysis
RLP 323: Create DNA Descendency Diagrams with AI
RLP 322: Review of "Co-Intelligence: Living and Working With AI"
RLP 321: Using Airtable AI Tools to Evaluate DNA
RLP 320: RLP with AI Research Questions and Objectives
RLP 319: Uses of AI for Genealogy with Steve Little
RLP 318: AI Photo Analysis with Mark Thompson
RLP 317: Transcribing Images with ChatGPT and Claude
RLP 316: DNA Confirms a Father for Clemsy Cline
RLP 315: 5 Tips for When the Courthouse Burned
RLP 314: Banyan DNA and Double Cousin Relationships
RLP 313: Immigration 1906 Forward
RLP 312: Mitochondrial DNA and WikiTree
RLP 311: Giving Credit to AI Tools in Genealogy Writing
RLP 310: Disclosing use of AI in Genealogy Writing
RLP 309: WikiTree Special Projects with Elaine Martzen and Emmaline MacBeath
RLP 308: DNA Features at WikiTree with Emma MacBeath
RLP 307: WikiTree with Betsy Ko
RLP 306: Genealogy Institutes with Cyndi Ingle
RLP 305: Southwestern Research with Michelle Mikkelson part 3 - Land, Mining and Agricultural Records
RLP 304: Southwestern Research with Michelle Mickelson Part 2 - Church, Cemetery, Native American, and Spanish Records
RLP 303: Southwestern Research with Michelle Mickelson - Part 1 - Jurisdictions and Manuscripts
RLP 302: Examining Family Lore - Was Eliza Isenhour a Cherokee?
RLP 301: Genealogy and DNA Research in Phases
RLP 300: RLP Past, Present, and Future
RLP 299: Immigration Records Part 3
RLP 298: Immigration Records Part 2 - Colonial Era
RLP 297: Immigration Records Part 1
RLP 296: My Genealogical Publishing Company Library with Barry Chodak
RLP 295: Review of The American Farmer in the Eighteenth Century
RLP 294: Naturalization Records Part 3
RLP 293: Naturalization Records Part 2
RLP 292: Naturalization Records Part 1
RLP 291: William Henry Kelsey Jr. - Tradesman and Entrepreneur
RLP 290: Nancy E. Briscoe and the Civil War
RLP 289: Exploring New Tools at Living DNA
RLP 288: Resolving Conflicts on the FamilySearch Family Tree
RLP 287: Flew the Coop: Harriet (Huggett) Kelsey
RLP 286: Researching your Scandinavian Ancestors with Torhild Shirley Part 2
RLP 285: Scandinavian Research with Torhild Shirley Part 1
RLP 284: University Archives with Sam Howes
RLP 283: Selina Kelsey - Utah Pioneer in the News
RLP 282: Finding William Keaton's Land
RLP 281: Civil Marriage Records
RLP 280: Colonial Emigrant Ancestor: Thomas Royston
RLP 279: Unmerging on FamilySearch Family Tree
RLP 278: Other Relationships on FamilySearch
RLP 277: How to Start a Family History Blog to Share Stories
RLP 276: The Psychological Benefits of Family History Research
RLP 275: Research in Courthouses: Interview with Lillian Wingate of Bulloch Co., Georgia
RLP 274: Church Marriage Records
RLP 273: Brick Wall Ancestor: Clemsy (Cline) Weatherford
RLP 272: Proving an Ancestor with DNA: Benjamin Cox
RLP 271: Mariah Brockhouse: English Emigrant and Pioneer
RLP 270: Anglicizing a Name and Discovering a Migration Path: John D. Isenhour
RLP 269: Mary Margaret Peterson
RLP 268: John Royston's Orphan
RLP 267: Daniel Henrie and the Mormon Battalion
RLP 266: Shoot 'em up Dick
RLP 265: Edward Raymond Kelsey's Cabin
RLP 264: Alford/Johnson Project - Interview with Michelle Mickelson Part 3
RLP 263: Alford/Johnson Project - Interview with Michelle Mickelson Part 2
RLP 262: Michelle Dickens' Certification Journey
Title: RLP 261: Malissa Welch - Correcting incorrect parents
RLP 260: Shipindex with Peter McCracken
RLP 259: The Coverage Estimator
RLP 258: Saving Views of your Airtable Research Log
RLP 257: Alford/Johnson Project - Interview with Michelle Mickelson Part 1
RLP 256: Alford/Johnson Research - Interview with James Johnson
RLP 255: Bobby Gene Shults - Education
RLP 254: Edward Raymond Kelsey - Hobo Life
RLP 253: How to Evaluate Sources in Family Trees
RLP 252: How Accurate are Thrulines?
RLP 251: Florence Matilda Creer Favorite Photo
RLP 250: RLP with DNA 12 - What's Next
RLP 249: RLP with DNA 11 - Research Reports
RLP 248: RLP with DNA 10 - Research Logs
RLP 247: RLP with DNA 9- Research Planning
RLP 246: RLP with DNA 8 Part 2 Segment Data Tools
RLP 245: RLP with DNA 8 DNA Tools Part 1
RLP 244: RLP with DNA 7 - Locality and Ethnicity
RLP 243: RLP with DNA 6 - Analyze your Sources
RLP 242: RLP with DNA 5 - Source Citations
RLP 241: RPL with DNA 4 - Create a Research Objective
RLP 240: RLP with DNA 3 - Organize Your DNA Matches
RLP 239: RLP with DNA 2 - Assess Your DNA Matches
RLP 238: RLP with DNA 1- Take a DNA Test
RLP 237: The Ancestor I'd Like to Meet - Ettie Belle Harris
RLP 236: Strategies for Overcoming Endogamy
RLP 235: Airtable DNA Status
RLP 234: Identifying a Louisiana Marriage Bondsman
RLP 233: Marriage Bonds and Bondsmen
RLP 232: The Family Tree Problem Solver Review
RLP 231: Family History Road Trip
RLP 230: Finding a Female's Father - Research Logs and Report Writing
RLP 229: Interview with Deborah Keyes
RLP 228: The Effect of Pedigree Collapse on DNA Matching: A Case Study
RLP 227: Finding a Female's Father- Locality Research and Research Plan
RLP 226: Using the FAN Club to Find a Female's Father
RLP 225: How Multiple Relationships Affect DNA Match Analysis
RLP 224: Finding Your Family in FamilySearch Images
RLP 223: Tracking Research Projects in Airtable
RLP 222: Multiple Relationships, Pedigree Collapse and Endogamy
RLP 221: Autosomal DNA Coverage - Part 2
RLP 220: Autosomal DNA Coverage - Part 1
RLP 219: Southern Colonial Research
RLP 218: Goldie May Subway Map with Richard Miller
RLP 217: Joanna West Case Study Part 2
RLP 216: Joanna West Case Study Part 1
RLP 215: Renewing the AG Credential and SLIG Accreditation Course with Lisa Stokes
RLP 214: Native American DNA with Roberta Estes
RLP 213: Five Takeaways from an Advanced DNA Course
RLP 212: Pennsylvania Germans Part 6 - DNA
RLP 211: Pennsylvania Germans Part 5 - More Records
RLP 210: Pennsylvania Germans Part 4 - Probate and Church Records
RLP 209: Pennsylvania Germans Part 3 - Land Records
RLP 208: Pennsylvania Germans Part 2 - Emigration & Guiding Principles
RLP 207: Pennsylvania Germans Part 1 with Heidi: History
RLP 206: Proving a Parent-Child Link Using Ancestry Thrulines Part 3
RLP 205: Proving a Parent-Child Link Using Ancestry Thrulines Part 2
RLP 204: Recruiting Test Takers for an Autosomal DNA Project
RLP 203: Proving a Parent-Child Link with Ancestry Thrulines - Part 1
RLP 202: Scandanavian Research with Jenny Hansen
RLP 201: Coming to the Table with Suzanne Lowe
RLP 200: Genealogy Source Citations Simplified with Lisa Stokes
RLP 199: Identifying John Wilson Part 2
RLP 198: Identifying John Wilson Part 1
RLP 197: Proving Your Pedigree with DNA with Debra Hoffman
RLP 196: Texas Land Grants - Republic and Statehood
RLP 195: Texas Land Grants- Mexican Era
RLP 194: Texas Land Grants - Spanish Era
RLP 193: DNA Proof Arguments SLIG Course
RLP 192: SLIG Accreditation Course
RLP 191: Preparing for the 1950 U.S. Census Release
RLP 190: Revisiting Report Writing Again
RLP 189: Revisiting Research Logs Again
RLP 188: Revisiting Source Citations Again
RLP 187: Revisiting Research Planning Again
RLP 186: Revisiting Locality Research Again
RLP 185: Revisiting Timelines and Analysis Again
RLP 184: Revisiting Research Objectives Again
RLP 183: American Nations Part 2
RLP 182: American Nations Part 1 with Heidi Mathis
RLP 181: RootsFinder Triangulation Network Graphs with MyHeritage
RLP 180: Rootsfinder Network Graphs
RLP 179: RLP with DNA Report Writing
RLP 178: RLPDNA Study Group 7 - Research Logging
RLP 177: RLPDNA Study Group 6 - Research Planning
RLP 176: RLPDNA Study Group 5 - DNA Tools
RLP 175: RLPDNA Study Group 4 - Locality Research and Ethnicity
RLP 174: RLPDNA Study Group 3 - Timeline Analysis and Citations
RLP 173- RLP with DNA Study Group Part 2- Organize and Objective
RLP 172: RLPDNA Study Group 1 - Assess and Analyze
RLP 171: African American Resources
RLP 170: Choosing a DNA Objective Using a Surname Search
RLP 169: IGHR Advanced DNA Evidence Course Part 2
RLP 168: IGHR Advanced DNA Evidence Course Part 1
RLP 167: FTDNA Bucketing and Family Matching
RLP 166: When to Hire a Professional
RLP 165: Becoming a Professional and ProGen Study Groups
RLP 164: Allison Kotter RLP DNA Part 5
RLP 163: Tracing 19th Century Germans Part 4
RLP 162 : Tracing 19th Century Germans Part 3
RLP 161: RLP with DNA eCourse Part 4
RLP 160: RLP with DNA eCourse Part 3
RLP 159: RLP with DNA Course Part 2
RLP 158: RLP with DNA Course with Allison Part 1
RLP 157: Tracing 19th Century Germans with Heidi Mathis Part 2
RLP 156: Tracing 19th Century Germans with Heidi Mathis Part 1
RLP 155: Barsheba Tharp DNA Case Study Part 2
RLP 154: Barsheba Tharp DNA Case Study Part 1
RLP 153: U.S. Non-Population Schedules with Alice Childs
RLP 152: State Census Records with Alice Childs
RLP 151: John Isenhour Case Study Part 2
RLP 150: John Isenhour Case Study Part 1
RLP 149: Germans in Missouri and the Civil War with Heidi Mathis
RLP 148: Germans in Missouri with Heidi Mathis
RLP 147: The Family History Guide
RLP 146: 23andMe and Ancestry Trees
RLP 145: Missouri Repositories
RLP 144: Missouri Land and History
RLP 143: Writing a Family Narrative: The Thomas Bradley Family
RLP 142: Research at a State Archive with Sam Howes
RLP 141: Telling Compelling Family Stories
RLP 140: Pre-1850 U.S. Census Research
RLP 139: Adding DNA Matches to your Ancestry Tree
RLP 138: Chinese Research with Linda Yip
RLP 137- Irish Research Part 2
RLP 136: Irish Research Part 1
RLP 135: BYU Record Linking Lab
RLP 134: Daugherty Case Study Part 2
RLP 133: Daugherty Case Study Part 1
RLP 132: Grafting Family Branches Part 2
RLP 131: Grafting Family Branches Part 1
RLP 130: How to Evaluate a Thrulines Hypothesis
RLP 129: Preparing a Proof Argument for Publication
RLP 128: DNA Standards
RLP 127: DNA Proof Arguments
RLP 126: Preparing Reports to Share Online
RLP 125: Prepare DNA Research Reports for Sharing
RLP 124: African American Research Part 4
RLP 123: African American Research Part 3
RLP 122: African American Research Part 2
RLP 121: African American Research Part 1
RLP 120: Interview with Maureen Taylor
RLP 119: Revisiting Research Reports
RLP 118: Revisiting Research Logs
RLP 117: Revisiting Source Citations
RLP 116: Revisiting Research Planning
RLP 115: Revisiting Locality Research
RLP 114: Revisiting Timelines and Analysis
RLP 113: Revisiting Objectives
RLP 112: Family Search Hints
RLP 111: FamilySearch and the GPS
RLP 110: Certification Development Activities
RLP 109: Copyright and Plagiarism
RLP 108: How to Get Clients
RLP 107: Dealing with Documents
RLP 106: Managing Family Trees
RLP 105: Rootsweb and Genealogies
RLP 104: Research Reports- Certification Preparation
RLP 103: Creating Layered Souce Citations
RLP 102: Mary French Case Study
RLP 101: Proof Arguments - Certification Preparation
RLP 100: Top Ten Tips to Research Like a Pro
RLP 99: Writing a Narrative Lineage- Certification
RLP 98: Discovering the FAN Club in Archives
RLP 97: RLP with DNA - What's Next
RLP 96: How to Track and Organize the FAN Club
RLP 95: How to Use the FAN Club in Research
RLP 94: U.S. Federal Pensions with Michael Strauss
RLP 93: Elizabeth Biddle Case Study
RLP 92: The Lost Family - Interview with author Libby Copeland
RLP 91: Finding Your Female Ancestors
RLP 90: Goldie May
RLP 89: DNA Report Writing
RLP 88: DNA Resesarch Logs
RLP 87: Using Gazetteers in Research
RLP 86: Mining Records For Research Opportunities
RLP 85: Adding Context to Genealogical Writing
RLP 84: DNA Source Citations
RLP 83: DNA Research Planning
RLP 82: Military Service Records
RLP 81: Mayflower Lineage Society
RLP 80: Migration Trails and Roads
RLP 79: Getting Things Done Part 5
RLP 78: Getting Things Done Part 4 - Reflecting
RLP 77: Getting Things Done Part 3 - Organization
RLP 76: RootsTech and Genealogy Education
RLP 75: Using DNA in a Polish Research Project
RLP 74: PERSI Part 2 - How to Find Articles
RLP 73: PERSI Part 1
RLP 72: Getting Things Done part 2 - Clarify
RLP 71: Getting Things Done part 1
RLP 70: DNA Tools and Methodology Part 2 - Chromosome browsers, segment triangulation, chromosome mapping, visual phasing
RLP 69: DNA Tools Part 1: Clustering, Pedigree Triangulation, WATO
RLP 68: Interview with Dana Leeds
RLP 65: Tax Records part 3 - How to Find Tax Records
RLP 66: Tax Records Part 2 - Types of Tax Records
RLP 65: Tax Records part 1 - How to Use Tax Records
RLP 64: Finding Jeanie's Father - Interview with Hazel Scullin
RLP 63: Locality Research in a DNA Research Project
RLP 62: Separating Men of the Same Name
RLP 61: Analyzing Your Sources in a DNA Research Project
RLP 60: Who Was Anne Carter, Case Study and Interview with Kimball Carter, CG
RLP 59: Writing As You Research
RLP 58 Track Your Family with a Timeline - A Tale of Two Swedes
RLP 57: Three Steps to Focus Your DNA Research with an Objective
RLP 56: Researching in Libraries and Archives the Do's and Don'ts
RLP 55 It's Not All Online Researching in Archives
RLP 54: Three Ways to Chart Your DNA Matches
RLP 53: Homestead Records
RLP 52: Using Your DNA Results-4 Simple Steps
RLP 51: Which DNA Test Should I Take? DNA Testing Strategy
RLP 50: U.S. Land Records Part 3
RLP 49: U.S. Land Records Part 2
RLP 48: Land Records Part 1
RLP 47: Interview with Study Group Graduate Susan Modzelewski
RLP 46: Scandinavian Research with Jenny Hansen
RLP 45: Three Reasons to Revisit Your Research
RLP 44: How to Know Which Record to Search First
RLP 43: Create a Genealogy Reference Center with Evernote
RLP 42: Evernote for Research
Family Search, Family Tree, and the GPS
RLP 40: DNA, Mind Maps, and Diagramming
RLP 39: Tools for Using Your Ancestry DNA Matches
RLP 38: Three Tips for Connecting with Your DNA Cousins
RLP 37: Organize Your Research with Google Drive
RLP 36: Church Records Part 2
RLP 35 Church Records Part 1
RLP 34: Getting Organized One Paper at a Time
RLP 33: Negative Evidence Vs. Negative Results
RLP 32: Indirect vs. Direct Evidence
RLP 31: Tips for Ancestry DNA
RLP: 30 Put it in a Table
RLP 29: Interview with eCourse Student Rebecca Walbecq
RLP 28: Using DNA to Research Like a Pro
RLP 27: Personal Genealogy Software
RLP 26: U.S. Federal Census Records Part 2
RLP 25: U.S. Federal Census Records Part 1
RLP 24: U.S. Probate Records Part 2
RLP 23: United States Probate Records Part 1
RLP 22: How to Find an Original Record
RLP 21: The FamilySearch Catalog
RLP 20: How to Become an Accredited Genealogy Professional
RLP 19: Interview with Study Group graduate Sherri Hessick
RLP 18: How to Make a Locality Guide
RLP 17: Discovering Ancestor Actions: WWII War Mothers
RLP 16: How to Deal with Skeletons in the Closet
RLP 15: When to Hire a Professional Genealogist
RLP 14: Lucinda Keaton Case Study
RLP 13: Education
RLP 12: Productivity
RLP 11: Organization
RLP 10: George W. Dillard Case Study
RLP 9: Report Writing
RLP 8: Research Logs
RLP 7: Source Citations
RLP 6: Research Planning
RLP 5: Locality Research Part 2
RLP 4: Locality Research Part 1
RLP 3: Analyze Your Sources
RLP 2: Research Objectives
RLP 1: Introduction