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Guessing the Easiest to Research Person and Event (view source)
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=== '''''<span>3. More recent versus earlier events</span>''''' === | === '''''<span>3. More recent versus earlier events</span>''''' === | ||
=== '''''<span>4. Quality of available documents</span>'''''''<span></span>''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' === | === '''''<span>4. Quality of available documents</span>'''''''<span></span>'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' === | ||
''<span></span>''<span><span></span>(See the ''original'' with your ''own'' eyes wherever possible.)</span> | ''<span></span>''<span><span></span>(See the ''original'' with your ''own'' eyes wherever possible.)</span> | ||
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* <span><span><span></span></span></span><span>Biographies/ Genealogies/ Histories/</span>Periodicals/ Society | * <span><span><span></span></span></span><span>Biographies/ Genealogies/ Histories/</span>Periodicals/ Society | ||
''Figure 1. On the following family | ''Figure 1. On the following family record which event would be the easiest, and which the hardest to research?''[[Image:GuessingWhereToStartExample.png]] | ||
On this family group record the easiest to research event would be the birth of the the oldest child, Genevieve, because (a) it has a source footnote, and (b) it has an exact date and a complete place. The hardest to research event would be the birth of the husband, Alexander, which has no date and only a vague place. | On this family group record the easiest to research event would be the birth of the the oldest child, Genevieve, because (a) it has a good source footnote, and (b) it has an exact date and a complete place. The hardest to research event would be the birth of the husband, Alexander, which has no date and only a vague place. | ||
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