I'm experimenting with posting some random bits of my genealogy research here with the goal of eventually creating a linked family tree on Hive. You can see the index here.

Belinda Ann Buckles was born in 1870. I had this person initially as Malinda Buckles but the latest source I have says Belinda. She appears in various census records as Belinda, Malinda, and later in life Linda (all apparently the same person). While I have an exact birth date, whoever provided that information originally id not provide a source (like say a birth certificate) so I can't really be 100% positive of the name either. It's amazing how often a site like FamilySearch will have an exact birth date for someone (or death date for that matter) but no source for that date.

If you let a few years go by since last you did a little research on someone then there's at least a fair chance you can find more info. Looking this person up again, I found several census records, more exact dates, info on several children, and even a photo.

This person is a relatively close relation. Gramps calculates her to be my second cousin five times removed.

I use GenoPro to maintain my family tree but I mainly use Gramps to generate reports which is what most of the info below is based on. GenoPro generates reports too, I just don't like them as much. While GenoPro is commercial software, Gramps is open source software that is available for Windows, Linux and MacOS. I also use its relationship calculator functionality as noted above. I've also been exploring The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding (TNG) which is web based and requires a web server, PHP and mySQL database. I also have GedSite which also generates static HTML reports.

Both TNG and GedSite are commercial software so there is a cost associated with them. I think their price is reasonable and they are both excellent in their own ways. However, I prefer the open source nature of Gramps and the fact that it generates static HTML makes it easier to work with. I still like TNG enough that I will probably keep using it as well. I've been playing with GedSite on and off but haven't committed to it yet, however I've liked other sites I've seen generated with it. For now I am generating reports with Gramps and updating TNG on a fairly regular basis.

The chart at the top is an ancestry chart out to four generations from Gramps. The chart at the bottom is the same thing generated by TNG. The index of all individuals I have posted so far can be found here.