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== '''Helpful Guessing Skills''' ==
== '''Helpful Guessing Skills''' ==


To find useful source documents, a researcher needs to be good at [[How to Guess Where to Start|guessing where to start]]. Each of the following involves being able to guess some '''''additional''''' information based on what is already shown on a family group record:<br>1. [[Guessing a Name Variation]] for every name on that family group.<br> 2. [[Guessing a Place]] for every event on that family group.<br> 3. [[Guessing a Date]] for every event on that family group. <br> 4. [[Guessing the Easiest to Research Person and Event]] on that family group. <br> 5. [[Guessing a Record Type to Use]] for finding information about any person’s event on that family group.<br> <!--{12077658930780} --> <!--{12077658930781} --> <!--{12077658930782} --> <!--{12077658930783} -->
To find useful source documents, a researcher needs to be good at guessing information needed to find documents. Each of the following involves being able to guess some '''''additional''''' information based on what is already shown on a family group record:<br>
 
* [[Guessing a Name Variation]] for every name on that family group.<br>
* [[Guessing a Place]] for every event on that family group.<br>
* [[Guessing a Date]] for every event on that family group.<br>
* [[Guessing the Easiest to Research Person and Event]] on that family group.<br>
* [[Guessing a Record Type to Use]] for finding information about any person’s event on that family group.<br>
 
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== '''Using a Research Log''' ==
== '''Using a Research Log''' ==
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