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How to Find Descendants in the United States (view source)
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On the other hand, some genealogists consider descendancy research easier and an opportunity to gather low-hanging fruit.<sup>1</sup> | On the other hand, some genealogists consider descendancy research easier and an opportunity to gather low-hanging fruit.<sup>1</sup> | ||
'''''It may increase the chances of an error.''''' Descendancy researchers are sometimes trying to prove their relationship to a famous ancestor. When celebrity is involved, there is a greater temptation to make linkage decisions than cannot be proved.<br> | '''''It may increase the chances of an error.''''' Descendancy researchers are sometimes trying to prove their relationship to a famous ancestor. When celebrity is involved, there is a greater temptation to make child to parent linkage decisions than cannot be proved.<br> | ||
'''''No shortage of names.''''' It is true you can find more names in three generations of descendancy research than in three generations of pedigree research. So what? There is no shortage of names for pedigree researchers if you are willing to go back a few more generations and concentrate on the immediate children of direct line ancestors.<br> | '''''No shortage of names.''''' It is true you can find more names in three generations of descendancy research than in three generations of pedigree research. So what? There is no shortage of names for pedigree researchers if you are willing to go back a few more generations and concentrate on the immediate children of direct line ancestors.<br> | ||