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Determining If a Source is Relevant (view source)
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'''Compare old and new information.''' Correlate all information about the ancestor and compare it with information from the new source. | '''Compare old and new information.''' Correlate all information about the ancestor and compare it with information from the new source. | ||
'''Look for unique identifiers.''' Look for at least '''two or three unique data''' or identifiers shared by both the new source, and what you already know. The relatives and friends in close proximity are among the most unique and best identifiers. For example, if a person named Fox married someone named Pace, those two surnames appearing together in records as married would usually be so unique you could be confident you had identified the same couple. Likewise, parents, siblings, children, and sometimes neighbors appearing together can be convincing evidence a new source is about the correct ancestor. Unique similar names, or a group of names in close proximity, unique similar dates, unique similar places, and unique similar sources can all be used as identifiers to help judge whether a new found source is likely to be about a given ancestor. | '''Look for unique identifiers.''' Look for at least '''two or three unique data''' or identifiers shared by both the new source, and what you already know. | ||
'''Relatives as identifiers.''' The relatives and friends in close proximity are among the most unique and best identifiers. For example, if a person named ''Fox'' married someone named ''Pace'', those two surnames appearing together in records as married would usually be so unique you could be confident you had identified the same couple. Likewise, parents, siblings, children, and sometimes neighbors appearing together can be convincing evidence a new source is about the correct ancestor. Unique similar names, or a group of names in close proximity, unique similar dates, unique similar places, and unique similar sources can all be used as identifiers to help judge whether a new found source is likely to be about a given ancestor. | |||
'''Specific data are best.''' The more specific the data are, the better. | '''Specific data are best.''' The more specific the data are, the better. | ||