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Learn to guess names, places, dates, the best event in a person’s life to research first, and how to guess sources for that event. | Learn to guess names, places, dates, the best event in a person’s life to research first, and how to guess sources for that event. (beginning family history, beginning genealogy, beginning research, getting started, starting family history, starting genealogy, starting research, how do I start, how to start) | ||
<span>Five fundamental guessing skills will help you get started on genealogy research. Each involves being able to guess some '''''additional''''' information based on what is already shown on a family group record.</span> | <span>Five fundamental guessing skills will help you get started on genealogy research. Each involves being able to guess some '''''additional''''' information based on what is already shown on a family group record.</span> | ||
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<span>Then using the partly-done family group record be able to:</span> | <span>Then using the partly-done family group record be able to:</span> | ||
# <span>[[Guessing a Name Variation|Guess]]'''''[[Guessing a Name Variation|spelling variations]]'''''for every name on that family group.</span> | # <span>[[Guessing a Name Variation|Guess]]'''''[[Guessing a Name Variation|spelling variations]]''''' for every name on that family group.</span> | ||
# <span>[[Guessing a Place|Guess a '''''place''''']] for every event on that family group.</span> | # <span>[[Guessing a Place|Guess a '''''place''''']] for every event on that family group.</span> | ||
# <span>[[Guessing a Date|Guess a '''''date''''']] for every event on that family group.</span> | # <span>[[Guessing a Date|Guess a '''''date''''']] for every event on that family group.</span> | ||
# <span>[[Guessing the Easiest to Research Person and Event|Guess the '''''easiest ('''''and hardest)]]'''''[[Guessing the Easiest to Research Person and Event|person and event to research]]'''''on that family group.</span> | # <span>[[Guessing the Easiest to Research Person and Event|Guess the '''''easiest ('''''and hardest)]]'''''[[Guessing the Easiest to Research Person and Event|person and event to research]]''''' on that family group.</span> | ||
# <span>[[Guessing a Record Type to Use|Guess the '''''best record types to use''''']] for finding information about any person’s event on that family group.</span> | # <span>[[Guessing a Record Type to Use|Guess the '''''best record types to use''''']] for finding information about any person’s event on that family group.</span> | ||