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* <span><span><span></span></span></span><span>Several likely events are unmentioned and you must guess they even happened</span> | * <span><span><span></span></span></span><span>Several likely events are unmentioned and you must guess they even happened</span> | ||
=== ''''' | === '''''2. Availability of pertinent documents''''' === | ||
* | * Home sources, older relatives’ records, easy-to-use databases, and Internet sites | ||
* | * Census | ||
* | * Nearby repository has records for the correct date and place of the event | ||
* | * Distant repository has records for the correct date and place of the event | ||
* | * You must figure out (go hunting for): | ||
** | ** a new record type to document the event, or | ||
** | ** a jurisdiction that created pertinent records, or | ||
** | ** which repositories have the records now | ||
* | * Few pertinent records are likely to exist | ||
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=== '''''<span>3. More recent versus earlier events</span>''''' === | === '''''<span>3. More recent versus earlier events</span>''''' === | ||