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'''''Organize, review, and re-evaluate the evidence.''''' Summarize the problem. Rearrange relevant documents in a different logical order. Review old sources for overlooked clues. Separate what you assume from what you know. Sort and weigh the evidence. Analyze information for relevance, directness of the evidence, and consistency with other facts. | '''''Organize, review, and re-evaluate the evidence.''''' Summarize the problem. Rearrange relevant documents in a different logical order. Review old sources for overlooked clues. Separate what you assume from what you know. Sort and weigh the evidence. Analyze information for relevance, directness of the evidence, and consistency with other facts. | ||
'''''Write a formal research report''''' (as if you were hired as a professional genealogist) to clarify your thinking. For this formal report:<br>1. Create a well-documented family group record.<br>2. Write a narrative report explaining:<br> | '''''Write a formal research report''''' (as if you were hired as a professional genealogist) to clarify your thinking. For this formal report:<br>1. Create a well-documented family group record.<br>2. Write a narrative report explaining:<br> a. Why did you search where you did?<br> b. What did you find or not find?<br> c. What do your findings, or lack of findings mean?<br> d. What sources should be searched next?<br> e. How long will it take to search those sources?<br> f. What is the likelihood those sources will work? | ||
'''''Create and fill-in new forms''''' to make new brain connections and raise questions:<ref>Mills, “Dissecting the Research Problem.”</ref><br>1. Follow the family in ALL census years<br>2. In-Out list to help track each piece of land<br>3. Holes to fill in an ancestor’s life<br>4. Source citations that need completing<br>5. Facts that need better evidence<br>6. Ancestral associates and their roles | '''''Create and fill-in new forms''''' to make new brain connections and raise questions:<ref>Mills, “Dissecting the Research Problem.”</ref><br>1. Follow the family in ALL census years<br>2. In-Out list to help track each piece of land<br>3. Holes to fill in an ancestor’s life<br>4. Source citations that need completing<br>5. Facts that need better evidence<br>6. Ancestral associates and their roles | ||
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*'''Read''' about the area your ancestors settled. Study its history and local genealogical periodicals. | *'''Read''' about the area your ancestors settled. Study its history and local genealogical periodicals. | ||
*Take '''classes''', conferences, and institutes. | *Take '''classes''', conferences, and institutes. | ||
*Go on a '''research trip''' to visit their communities to learn about the local way of life and repositories<span id="1198977441098E"> | *Go on a '''research trip''' to visit their communities to learn about the local way of life and repositories<span id="1198977441098E"> </span>. | ||
'''Get help.''' Reach out to others and '''collaborate''' to get help and learn more. Place queries. [[Hiring a Professional Researcher|Hire a professional]]. Pray for help. | '''Get help.''' Reach out to others and '''collaborate''' to get help and learn more. Place queries. [[Hiring a Professional Researcher|Hire a professional]]. Pray for help. | ||
'''''[[Sharing: a good way to FIND ancestors|Share]] and collaborate.''''' | '''''[[Sharing: a good way to FIND ancestors|Share]] and collaborate.''''' Give in order to receive. Share your genealogy and pedigree with one or more sites such as FamilySearch [https://familysearch.org/tree Family Tree], FamilySearch [https://familysearch.org/tree Pedigree Resource File], Ancestry.com [http://trees.ancestry.com/ Family Trees], RootsWeb [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ WorldConnect], or [https://www.onegreatfamily.com/home/sp OneGreatFamily.com]. Share your genealogy on social media like '''''Facebook'''''. [[Hiring a DNA Testing Company|Test your DNA]], and share the results with public DNA databases. Leave some family history, or a query, on an Internet genealogy [[Message Boards|message board]]—and repeat for several months. Contribute to the [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Help:Wiki_University_How_to_Contribute Family History Research Wiki]. Send a copy of your ancestor John Doe’s family history (include your address) to each county library and to each state and county genealogical society where John Doe lived. Publish an article on the family in their local genealogical periodical. Register your address in directories of members of genealogical Internet web sites and submit your genealogy to their libraries. [[Create a genealogy web page|Put your genealogy on a web page]] and register your site with major search engines and lists ([http://www.cyndislist.com/submit/ Cyndi's List]). Other researchers will start to contact you and share added details. | ||
'''Summary. | '''Summary. ''' Burned counties do not have to be end of the line research situations if you prepare well, look for alternatives, search a variety of jurisdictions and repositories for the family, kin, and associates, approach such research problems in innovative ways, and follow-up well. | ||
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