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'''2. [[Research Logs|Resarch logs]] are a must.''' Burned county research is not easy. The more difficult or complex a research problem becomes, the more valuable good research logs are. They are a cornerstone to good research and filing systems. Research logs show what has, and (just as importantly) has not worked. Also, use logs to explain in written comments your thinking about search strategies and what you are trying to accomplish—why you turned to that set of records.<sup>3</sup> | '''2. [[Research Logs|Resarch logs]] are a must.''' Burned county research is not easy. The more difficult or complex a research problem becomes, the more valuable good research logs are. They are a cornerstone to good research and filing systems. Research logs show what has, and (just as importantly) has not worked. Also, use logs to explain in written comments your thinking about search strategies and what you are trying to accomplish—why you turned to that set of records.<sup>3</sup> | ||
'''3. A well-documented family group record is your research road map.''' Get ready to research a burned county family by preparing a family group record that has source footnotes for [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|EVERY event]]. Be sure to [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)|cite every known source]] that mentions a member of that family. If a '''''document''''' mentions more than one event in an ancestor’s life, source footnote each '''''event'''''. | '''3. A well-documented [[Family_group_record:_roadmap_for_researchers|family group record is your research road map]].''' Get ready to research a burned county family by preparing a family group record that has source footnotes for [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|EVERY event]]. Be sure to [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)|cite every known source]] that mentions a member of that family. If a '''''document''''' mentions more than one event in an ancestor’s life, source footnote each '''''event'''''. | ||
Don't stop with just the birth, marriage, and death events for the family. [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|'''''Add ALL events''''']] like census, land purchases and sales, military service, witnessing another person's document, or when a will was probated. A well-documented family group bristles with clues hinting where to research for more. | Don't stop with just the birth, marriage, and death events for the family. [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|'''''Add ALL events''''']] like census, land purchases and sales, military service, witnessing another person's document, or when a will was probated. A well-documented family group bristles with clues hinting where to research for more. | ||
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* '''''Plan to share''''' your research as a way of reaching out for contacts and help. | * '''''Plan to share''''' your research as a way of reaching out for contacts and help. | ||
* Find ways to '''''collaborate''''' with other genealogists, archivists, and librarians on solving the problem. Get help where ever you can.<br> | * Find ways to '''''collaborate''''' with other genealogists, archivists, and librarians on solving the problem. Get help where ever you can.<br> | ||
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