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When you have completed this step, you will have new information organized on family group record and/or pedigree charts. You may also have recorded the information in personal or family history notes.


When you have learned all you wish to learn about a family, share your information with others by contributing it to Ancestral File or by preparing and publishing a book or article or putting up an Internet site. Latter-day Saint Church members will want to prepare their ancestors’ names for temple ordinances.
You will also be ready to start the process again and return to Step 1 to research another objective or individual.
= '''Evaluate the Evidence''' =
Having found one or more records about a person, it is time to evaluate what you found and determine how helpful and reliable it is.


'''For Further Reading'''
'''For Further Reading'''


'''Appendixes'''
'''Appendixes'''
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Step 5: Use the information.

After you have searched records you are ready to use the information you found.

To make best use of the information—

  • Evaluate what you found.
  • Transfer needed information to the appropriate forms.
  • Organize the new records.
  • Share your findings.

When you have completed this step, you will have new information organized on family group record and/or pedigree charts. You may also have recorded the information in personal or family history notes.

When you have learned all you wish to learn about a family, share your information with others by contributing it to Ancestral File or by preparing and publishing a book or article or putting up an Internet site. Latter-day Saint Church members will want to prepare their ancestors’ names for temple ordinances.

You will also be ready to start the process again and return to Step 1 to research another objective or individual.

Evaluate the Evidence[edit | edit source]

Having found one or more records about a person, it is time to evaluate what you found and determine how helpful and reliable it is.

For Further Reading

Appendixes