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How to Recognize your United States Ancestor (view source)
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This guide will help you ask questions and help you decide if a person is, in fact, your ancestor. | This guide will help you ask questions and help you decide if a person is, in fact, your ancestor. | ||
As you compare what you already know about your ancestor against the new information you found, you can decide whether you can feel reasonably sure that you have located your ancestor. | As you compare what you already know about your ancestor against the new information you found, you can decide whether you can feel reasonably sure that you have located your ancestor. | ||
= Steps = | = Steps = | ||
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These ideas will help you identify your ancestor clearly: | These ideas will help you identify your ancestor clearly: | ||
*Make a time line with dates and places of events in your ancestor's life. | *Make a time line with dates and places of events in your ancestor's life. [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/f/f6/Blank_Time_Line_for_My_Ancestor.pdf Time Line for My Ancestor] or [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/2/27/Blank_Time_Line_for_a_Specific_Record_for_a_Possible_Match.pdf Time Line for a Specific Record | ||
for a Possible Match] | |||
:Include everything—when they bought or sold land, children, military service, and of course births, marriages, and deaths. | :Include everything—when they bought or sold land, children, military service, and of course births, marriages, and deaths. | ||
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:Briefly give the source of your information. | :Briefly give the source of your information. | ||
:Here's an example of a timeline: | :Here's an example of a timeline: | ||
*[[US Timelines - Creation and Use with Families]] | |||
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/timelines Cyndi's list.com/timelines] | *[[US Timelines - Creation and Use with Families]] | ||
*[http://www.genealogy.com/36_donna.html Using Timelines in Your Research] | *[http://www.cyndislist.com/timelines Cyndi's list.com/timelines] | ||
*[http://www.genealogy.com/36_donna.html Using Timelines in Your Research] | |||
*[http://home.netcom.com/~genealogy/genealogy_timeline.htm The Genealogy Timeline] | *[http://home.netcom.com/~genealogy/genealogy_timeline.htm The Genealogy Timeline] | ||
:Use an analysis chart to identify and evaluate what you know. | :Use an analysis chart to identify and evaluate what you know. | ||
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*[http://stellar-one.com/genealogy/cousins.htm Cousins - how many times removed] | *[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/c/c1/Blank_Analysis_Chart_for_a_Possible_Match.pdf Analysis Chart for a Possible Match] | ||
*[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1199801 A conceptural model of genealogical evidence : linkage between present-day sources and past facts] | *[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/4/4e/Blank_Analysis_Chart_for_My_Ancestor.pdf Analysis Chart for My Ancestor | ||
*[http://stellar-one.com/genealogy/cousins.htm Cousins - how many times removed] | |||
*[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1199801 A conceptural model of genealogical evidence : linkage between present-day sources and past facts] | |||
*Consider what your findings may suggest. <br> | *Consider what your findings may suggest. <br> | ||
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For helps in making a time line, see Tip 1. | For helps in making a time line, see Tip 1. | ||
POSSIBLE MATCH Analysis Chart for a Single Record: Samuel Richman and others (name of person) Woodstown Methodist Church Records, Salem Co., NJ (name of record) <br> | POSSIBLE MATCH Analysis Chart for a Single Record: Samuel Richman and others (name of person) Woodstown Methodist Church Records, Salem Co., NJ (name of record) <br> | ||
What Do I Know About the Possible Match? <br>Analysis and Conclusions<br><br>1. This Samuel Richman and family members were Methodist.<br>1. Confirms what I suspected from the Methodist hymnal in our family artifacts.<br><br>2. This Samuel Richman "removed" from the Methodist Church in Woodstown, Salem Co., NJ in April, 1842.<br>2. Samuel Richman moved somewhere else. Where?<br><br>3. Samuel Richman, Sybilla Richman, Isaac Richman and Jonathan Richman were all attending the Woodstown Methodist Church between April, 1839 and April, 1842. <br>3. I know from our family Bible record that Sybilla Richman was the mother of Samuel Richman, and Isaac Richman was the father of Jonathan Richman. Also, I know from the 1850 census that Samuel Richmond and Jonathan Richmond were living together in Salem, Salem Co., NJ. Finding these people together in this church record points to these people being a family.<br><br>4. Samuel and Jonathan Richman both left the Woodstown Methodist Church in 1841 and 1842.<br>4. It is very possible that the Samuel Richmond, shoemaker, and Jonathan Richmond, shoemaker, in the 1850 census in Salem, Salem Co., NJ were these same two people and were brothers.<br> | What Do I Know About the Possible Match? <br>Analysis and Conclusions<br><br>1. This Samuel Richman and family members were Methodist.<br>1. Confirms what I suspected from the Methodist hymnal in our family artifacts.<br><br>2. This Samuel Richman "removed" from the Methodist Church in Woodstown, Salem Co., NJ in April, 1842.<br>2. Samuel Richman moved somewhere else. Where?<br><br>3. Samuel Richman, Sybilla Richman, Isaac Richman and Jonathan Richman were all attending the Woodstown Methodist Church between April, 1839 and April, 1842. <br>3. I know from our family Bible record that Sybilla Richman was the mother of Samuel Richman, and Isaac Richman was the father of Jonathan Richman. Also, I know from the 1850 census that Samuel Richmond and Jonathan Richmond were living together in Salem, Salem Co., NJ. Finding these people together in this church record points to these people being a family.<br><br>4. Samuel and Jonathan Richman both left the Woodstown Methodist Church in 1841 and 1842.<br>4. It is very possible that the Samuel Richmond, shoemaker, and Jonathan Richmond, shoemaker, in the 1850 census in Salem, Salem Co., NJ were these same two people and were brothers.<br> | ||
To print a working copy of an analysis chart for a specific record to be used with a possible match, click here. | To print a working copy of an analysis chart for a specific record to be used with a possible match, click here. | ||
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=== Step 3. Analyze and compare your ancestor with the possible match === | === Step 3. Analyze and compare your ancestor with the possible match === | ||
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For more questions to help you analyze, see Tip 2 '''Is this my ancestor?''' | For more questions to help you analyze, see Tip 2 '''Is this my ancestor?''' | ||
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=== Step 4. Make a decision about the possible match === | === Step 4. Make a decision about the possible match === | ||
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*Decide that there is not enough information yet to confirm or eliminate this person as your ancestor. In that case, see Tip 3. | *Decide that there is not enough information yet to confirm or eliminate this person as your ancestor. In that case, see Tip 3. | ||
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=== Step 5. Write a brief summary of your research findings === | === Step 5. Write a brief summary of your research findings === | ||
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Be sure to include in your paragraph the title, author, and call number of the book or film of all records you have searched. | Be sure to include in your paragraph the title, author, and call number of the book or film of all records you have searched. | ||
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= Tips = | = Tips = | ||
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To print a working copy of a time line, click here. | To print a working copy of a time line, click here. | ||
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=== Tip 2. Is this my ancestor? === | === Tip 2. Is this my ancestor? === | ||