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== <span></span>'''<span>Documentation Hierarchy</span>''' == | == <span></span>'''<span>Documentation Hierarchy</span>''' == | ||
<span>To help judge easy-to-document versus difficult-to-document events on a family group record, use the following four factors. The factors are listed in order from most important to least important. The list under each factor ranks better to worse options.</span> | <span>To help judge easy-to-document versus difficult-to-document events on a [[Family_group_record:_roadmap_for_researchers|family group record]], use the following four factors. The factors are listed in order from most important to least important. The list under each factor ranks better to worse options.</span> | ||
=== '''''<span>1. Completeness of the dates, places, and sources for each event</span>''''' === | === '''''<span>1. Completeness of the dates, places, and sources for each event</span>''''' === | ||
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** a jurisdiction that created pertinent records, or | ** a jurisdiction that created pertinent records, or | ||
** which repositories have the records now | ** which repositories have the records now | ||
* Few pertinent records are likely to exist | * Few pertinent records are likely to exist <!--{12033574783750} --> | ||
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=== '''''<span>3. More recent versus earlier events</span>''''' === | === '''''<span>3. More recent versus earlier events</span>''''' === | ||
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''Figure 1. On the following family record which event would be the easiest, and which the hardest to research?''[[Image:GuessingWhereToStartExample.png]] | ''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 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 source, no date, and only the most vague place for the event.<br> <!--{ | 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 source, no date, and only the most vague place for the event.<br> <!--{12033574783751} --> <!--{12033574783752} --> | ||
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