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Compiled Sources & Where to Find Them (view source)
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=== The Preliminary Search Standard === | === The Preliminary Search Standard === | ||
Your search | Your search in "compiled sources" should include four fundamental steps: | ||
• Preliminary search in home sources | • Preliminary search in home sources | ||
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Why would any true genealogist or passionate family history buff discard the standard of seeking and searching in compiled sources outside the home, by narrowly considering that no one else is “qualified” to research? For every thousand family history compilers who may generate fuzzy genealogical ‘data’, there are many very competent researchers and writers who have credibly researched and written professional-level family history compilations. It is especially for these latter "credible" compilations of competent researchers for which we all should seek and review. | Why would any true genealogist or passionate family history buff discard the standard of seeking and searching in compiled sources outside the home, by narrowly considering that no one else is “qualified” to research? For every thousand family history compilers who may generate fuzzy genealogical ‘data’, there are many very competent researchers and writers who have credibly researched and written professional-level family history compilations. It is especially for these latter "credible" compilations of competent researchers for which we all should seek and review. | ||
Here’s the ‘Second step’ every resaercher should employ in the research process—but it is also the most overlooked part of the research process and not always considered standard procedure. | Here’s the ‘Second step’ every resaercher should employ in the research process—but it is also the most overlooked part of the research process and not always considered standard procedure. | ||
== Find and Search “Compiled Sources”: A List == | == Find and Search “Compiled Sources”: A List == | ||