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=== Successful Research === | === Successful Research === | ||
{{Block indent|Aimless research leads to random findings. A successful hunt for ancestors requires well-targeted research planning based on thorough, realistic analysis of the question it is designed to answer.}} | |||
{{Block indent|''Helen F.M. Leary, “Getting Dorothy Home from Oz,” FGS Conference Syllabus 2004''|2}} | |||
A client or family member (or you, yourself) may ask for one very specific goal, such as “find the parents of ______” or “when and where was my ancestor born?” Other projects may be much more wide-ranging and inclusive, such as “trace all my ancestors.” | A client or family member (or you, yourself) may ask for one very specific goal, such as “find the parents of ______” or “when and where was my ancestor born?” Other projects may be much more wide-ranging and inclusive, such as “trace all my ancestors.” | ||
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