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::2. Marriages: 1 yr before 1st child, 25 yrs after groom's birth, 21 yrs after bride's birth | ::2. Marriages: 1 yr before 1st child, 25 yrs after groom's birth, 21 yrs after bride's birth | ||
::3. Deaths: about the same age as siblings | ::3. Deaths: about the same age as siblings | ||
:C. Look for one event at a time in one person’s life. | :C. Look for '''one event''' at a time in '''one person’s''' life. | ||
: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). | ||
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:B. Keep the same event-person as a research goal and try switching one of the following: | :B. Keep the same event-person as a research goal and try switching one of the following: | ||
::1. Switch spelling of the name (or skipping the index and looking page by page) | ::1. Switch spelling of the name (or skipping the index and looking page by page) | ||
::2. Switch record (different edition or different author) - Switch record type (use a Record Selection Table to find substitutes) | ::2. Switch record (different edition or different author) - | ||
::3. Switch record type (use a Record Selection Table to find substitutes) | |||
::4. Switch jurisdiction (up, down, or sideways) | |||
::5. Switch repository | |||
::6. Switch to kin and associates | |||
6. What to do when you do find it. Organize and document AS YOU GO! | 6. What to do when you do find it. Organize and document AS YOU GO! | ||
:A. Photocopy the new source document. | :A. Photocopy the new source document. | ||
:B. Identify the source (footnote information) on the front of the photocopy. | :B. Identify the source (footnote information) on the front of the photocopy. | ||
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:G. Add a preliminary assessment of the data and its reliability to the end of each source footnote. | :G. Add a preliminary assessment of the data and its reliability to the end of each source footnote. | ||
:H. Print the updated family group record. | :H. Print the updated family group record. | ||
:I. File the new family group and photocopy. | :I. File the new family group and photocopy. | ||
7. How to get a good education about genealogical research. | 7. How to get a good education about genealogical research. | ||
:A. The FamilySearch community is great! Wiki - https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/African_American_Research#Key_Internet_Links - Category:Beginners https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Category:Beginners | :A. The FamilySearch community is great! Wiki - https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/African_American_Research#Key_Internet_Links - Category:Beginners https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Category:Beginners | ||
:B. Other reading, classes, travel to ancestral homes. | :B. Other reading, classes, travel to ancestral homes. | ||
==== Homework ==== | ==== Homework ==== | ||
1. Contact your oldest living relatives and ask them for information and to see old family papers. | 1. Contact your oldest living relatives and ask them for information and to see old family papers. 2. Transfer information about your family to well-documented family group records using as a guide the Wiki article Family group record: roadmap for researchers at wiki.familysearch.org/en/Family_group_record:_roadmap_for_researchers 3. Find each of your ancestors, and their siblings on each census from 1870 to 1930, and earlier if possible. Add each census you find to the appropriate family group record. 4. Continue your genealogical education by reading, attending classes, and traveling. Glance through the African American Research Wiki articles listed below. | ||
2. Transfer information about your family to well-documented family group records using as a guide the Wiki article Family group record: roadmap for researchers at wiki.familysearch.org/en/Family_group_record:_roadmap_for_researchers | |||
3. Find each of your ancestors, and their siblings on each census from 1870 to 1930, and earlier if possible. Add each census you find to the appropriate family group record. | |||
4. Continue your genealogical education by reading, attending classes, and traveling. Glance through the African American Research Wiki articles listed below. | |||
=== Bibiliography === | === Bibiliography === | ||