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[[Image: | [[How to Guess Where to Start|How to Guess Where to Start]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Guessing_the_Easiest_to_Research_Person_and_Event|Guessing the Easiest (and Hardest) to Research Person and Event]] <br> | ||
In order to document a family group record the best genealogists select '''one event''' in '''one person'''’s life on which to concentrate at a time. They work on that event until they document it, and/or exhaust '''all''' possibilities trying. They do not research another event until finished with the first. And when they start work on a new event, it is almost always on the '''same''' family group record. This strategy of finishing the documentation on the '''whole''' family before moving on is fundamental. It builds a collection of clues that can be compared and correlated to judge relevance and reliability of the documentation. It is also an important part of understanding the family and its members in their [[Research a Family in Community Context|community context]]. | [[Image:Question mark with feet.jpg|thumb|right]]How to figure out which individual event on a family group record to document first. Start with the easiest. <br><br> | ||
In order to document a family group record the best genealogists select '''one event''' in '''one person'''’s life on which to concentrate at a time. They work on that event until they document it, and/or exhaust '''all''' possibilities trying. They do not research another event until finished with the first. And when they start work on a new event, it is almost always on the '''same''' family group record. This strategy of finishing the documentation on the '''whole''' family before moving on is fundamental. It builds a collection of clues that can be compared and correlated to judge relevance and reliability of the documentation. It is also an important part of understanding the family and its members in their [[Research a Family in Community Context|community context]]. <br> | |||
Start by guessing the event you believe will be the easiest to document.The easiest to document is usually the most recent event on the family group with a specific date, place, and source cited. The hardest to document is the earliest possible event not even mentioned on the family group and lacking a date, place, or source citation (all of which you will have to guess). | Start by guessing the event you believe will be the easiest to document.The easiest to document is usually the most recent event on the family group with a specific date, place, and source cited. The hardest to document is the earliest possible event not even mentioned on the family group and lacking a date, place, or source citation (all of which you will have to guess). | ||
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**a new record type to document the event, or | **a new record type to document the event, or | ||
**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 | ||