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4. List the most important internet sites for U.S census indexes and images is the Research Wiki at wiki.familysearch.org under the topic [You Name It State] Census which links to: | 4. List the most important internet sites for U.S census indexes and images is the Research Wiki at wiki.familysearch.org under the topic [You Name It State] Census which links to: | ||
:A. Familysearch (free) [https://www.familysearch.org/ Family Search] | :A. Familysearch (free) [https://www.familysearch.org/ Family Search] | ||
:B. Ancestry.com (subscription) [http://www.ancestry.com/search/ http://www.ancestry.com/search/] | :B. Ancestry.com (subscription) [http://www.ancestry.com/search/ http://www.ancestry.com/search/] | ||
:C. HeritageQuest (subscription) [http://www.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/index http://www.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/index] | :C. HeritageQuest (subscription) [http://www.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/index http://www.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/index] | ||
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:D. Work from the easiest-to-document event to the hardest-to-document event on a family group record. The easiest to document is the most recent event that is on the family group with a specific date, place, and source cited. Consider what is exact, partial, or missing. The hardest to document is the earliest possible event not mentioned on the family group and lacking a full date, place, or source citation (all of which you will have to guess). | :D. Work from the easiest-to-document event to the hardest-to-document event on a family group record. The easiest to document is the most recent event that is on the family group with a specific date, place, and source cited. Consider what is exact, partial, or missing. The hardest to document is the earliest possible event not mentioned on the family group and lacking a full date, place, or source citation (all of which you will have to guess). | ||
4. Thoroughly search a full nuclear family in community context<ref>Elizabeth Shown Mills, "Genealogical Mindset | 4. Thoroughly search a full nuclear family in community context<ref>Elizabeth Shown Mills, "Genealogical Mindset and Principles of Scholarship " (lecture in Course 4 Advanced Methodology, Evidence, Institute for Genealogical and Historical Research at Samford University, Birmingham, Ala., 13 June 2005).</ref> one event-person at a time | ||
:A. Extract full information on people in the area with the same surname. | :A. Extract full information on people in the area with the same surname. | ||
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::6. Switch to kin and associates | ::6. Switch to kin and associates | ||
6. What to do when you do find it.<ref>G. David Dilts, “Research Logs: The Most Important Tool for Organizing Your Family History,” ''Genealogical Journal'' 30, no. 1 | 6. What to do when you do find it.<ref>G. David Dilts, “Research Logs: The Most Important Tool for Organizing Your Family History,” ''Genealogical Journal'' 30, no. 1 and 2 (2003): 30-13.</ref> Organize and document AS YOU GO! | ||
:A. Photocopy the new source document. | :A. Photocopy the new source document. | ||