Maybe the little things aren’t so little after all! Remember that one little error in your genealogical research that sends you down a rabbit hole of errors? Hopefully, we all catch those quickly enough so that the correct person, date, or place of origin is found. Most of the time those errors in findings are the result of legitimate assumptions or due to family stories and misconceptions. For example, recently, I came across a hand-drawn tree dating back almost 100 years. Mary Jones, who created the tree, had drawn it starting with her great-grandparents and took her family back to the mid-1800s. She had linked her great-grandmother to a family with the same surname, but it was not her family. The family was convinced that this tree was correct, it was only when I found records of Mary’s parents and grandparents that I discovered the error in Mary’s tree. It was easy enough to resolve once the error was identified. This is true in a lot of areas. We may start with an assumption that all is correct, and then stumble on proof that all is not right. Where is the error? What will it take to fix it?

Well, the little thing I am focused on today is not Mary’s tree but an issue with my eBook. Unfortunately, unlike the print book, there is no way to check if it’s ok before it’s up on websites for sale. A draft of the print book is accessible for approval before being sent to all these distribution sites, but I can’t see the eBook until it’s up and ready for sale. For some weird reason, only the first 3 pages are there – Amazon indicates that it’s only 3 pages long, but Barnes and Noble says their Nook version of the eBook is 330 pages. I ordered both. Weirdly, there are only pages of each that download into their appropriate applications. I’m sure it, once again, is something little needing to be resolved.

Hopefully my eBook issues will soon be resolved, and those who purchased it will be able to erase it from their device(s) and download it again.