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Guessing the Easiest to Research Person and Event (view source)
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*Several likely events are unmentioned and you must guess they even happened | *Several likely events are unmentioned and you must guess they even happened | ||
=== | ===2. Availability of pertinent documents=== | ||
*Home sources, older relatives’ records, easy-to-use databases, and Internet sites | *Home sources, older relatives’ records, easy-to-use databases, and Internet sites | ||
*Census | *Census | ||
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**a jurisdiction that created pertinent records, or | **a jurisdiction that created pertinent records, or | ||
**which repositories have the records now | **which repositories have the records now | ||
*Few pertinent records are likely to exist | *Few pertinent records are likely to exist | ||
=== | ===3. More recent versus earlier events=== | ||
===4. Quality of available documents=== | |||
(See the ''original'' source with your ''own'' eyes wherever possible.) | (See the ''original'' source with your ''own'' eyes wherever possible.) | ||
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''Figure 1. On the following family record which event would be the easiest, and which the hardest to research?''[[Image:GuessingWhereToStartExample.png]] | ''Figure 1. On the following family record which event would be the easiest, and which the hardest to research?''[[Image:GuessingWhereToStartExample.png]] | ||
On this family group record the easiest to research event would be the birth of the the oldest child, Genevieve, because (a) it has a good source footnote, and (b) it has an exact date and a complete place. The hardest to research event would be the birth of the husband, Alexander, which has no source, no date, and only the most vague place for the event. | On this family group record the easiest to research event would be the birth of the the oldest child, Genevieve, because (a) it has a good source footnote, and (b) it has an exact date and a complete place. The hardest to research event would be the birth of the husband, Alexander, which has no source, no date, and only the most vague place for the event. | ||
== Related Content == | == Related Content == | ||
[[How to Guess Where to Start|How to Guess Where to Start]] | [[How to Guess Where to Start|How to Guess Where to Start]] | ||