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Why it is so important to document and organize family history research as you go, a brief explanation of the tools needed, and how to do it.<br>[[Image:Writing in journal.jpg|border|right|128x104px|Writing in Journal]] | Why it is so important to document and organize family history research as you go, a brief explanation of the tools needed, and how to do it.<br>[[Image:Writing in journal.jpg|border|right|128x104px|Writing in Journal]] | ||
<br>One of the most fundamental and important principles of family history research is to organize and document AS YOU GO!<ref>Silicon Valley PAF Users Group, “Rules for Good Documentation,” in [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44686819 referer=brief_results ''Family History Documentation Guidelines'', 2nd ed]. (San Jose, Calif.: SVPUG, 2000-2003), 7. [ | <br>One of the most fundamental and important principles of family history research is to organize and document AS YOU GO!<ref>Silicon Valley PAF Users Group, “Rules for Good Documentation,” in [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44686819 referer=brief_results ''Family History Documentation Guidelines'', 2nd ed]. (San Jose, Calif.: SVPUG, 2000-2003), 7. [FS Library Book 973 D27sf].</ref> Good documentation includes: | ||
*[[Research Logs|'''''Research logs''''']]—Fill in the purpose of each search, and source data on logs before looking at the source. After success, list where you found the copy. Log strategies.<ref>G. David Dilts, “Research Logs: The Most Important Tool for Organizing Your Family History,” [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2250993referer=brief_results ''Genealogical Journal''] 30, no. 12 (2002): 3-13. [ | *[[Research Logs|'''''Research logs''''']]—Fill in the purpose of each search, and source data on logs before looking at the source. After success, list where you found the copy. Log strategies.<ref>G. David Dilts, “Research Logs: The Most Important Tool for Organizing Your Family History,” [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2250993referer=brief_results ''Genealogical Journal''] 30, no. 12 (2002): 3-13. [FS Library Book 973 D25gj v. 30 2002].</ref> | ||
*'''''[[Family group record: roadmap for researchers|Family group records]]'''''—Keep up-to-date with source footnotes for every event. Add all events like census, military service, and migrations to the family group record. | *'''''[[Family group record: roadmap for researchers|Family group records]]'''''—Keep up-to-date with source footnotes for every event. Add all events like census, military service, and migrations to the family group record. | ||
*'''''[[Copying Sources|Photocopies of most sources]]'''''—If the repository will allow it, ''ALWAYS'' make a photocopy. | *'''''[[Copying Sources|Photocopies of most sources]]'''''—If the repository will allow it, ''ALWAYS'' make a photocopy. | ||
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== '''What it means to document AS YOU GO''' == | == '''What it means to document AS YOU GO''' == | ||
Before you lay your head on the pillow, do nine things after a successful search: | Before you lay your head on the pillow, do nine things after a successful search: | ||
# [[Copying Sources|Photocopy the new source document]].<ref>G. David Dilts, "Organizing the Evidence Using Research Logs and PAF Source Notes," (outline for class taught at the FamilySearch Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 19 June 2006), 1.</ref> | |||
# Identify the source (type a footnote citation) on the ''front margin'' of the photocopy. | |||
# Write your own document filing number on the back of each photocopy. | |||
# Log the document number, and summarize events-people you found on all appropriate research logs.<ref>Elizabeth Shown Mills, concept taught by during Course 4 Advanced Methodology Evidence, Institute for Genealogical and Historical Research at Samford University, Birmingham, Ala., 12-17 June 2005.</ref> | |||
# Transfer every piece of '''''new''''' data from the source to the appropriate family groups. | |||
# Enter new [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)|source footnotes]] for '''''every''''' piece of data on the source, even if that event already has a footnote on the family group. | |||
# Add a preliminary assessment of the data’s reliability in the footnote comment field.<ref>Elizabeth Shown Mills, "Genealogical Mindset Principles of Scholarship" (lecture in Course 4 Advanced Methodology Evidence, Institute for Genealogical and Historical Research at Samford University, Birmingham, Ala., 13 June 2005), 4M2.</ref> | |||
# Print the updated family group. | |||
# File the updated family group, and source photocopy. | |||
Document AS YOU GO means you never start another search until you have finished the paperwork, and finished filing the previous search results. | Document AS YOU GO means you never start another search until you have finished the paperwork, and finished filing the previous search results. | ||
== '''Research Logs''' == | == '''Research Logs''' == | ||
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== '''Family Group Records''' == | == '''Family Group Records''' == | ||
Compile a good | Compile a good [[Family group record: roadmap for researchers|family group record]] right at the start. Cite ALL the known sources for that family in footnotes tied to the events they document. Have at least one source footnote for every event mentioned on the family group record. Many sources include information about several events—link a footnote to every event mentioned in such sources. Use the footnote comments field to write a brief preliminary evaluation of the source. | ||
Add more than just birth, marriage, and death events on the family group record. [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|Add ALL the events]] including each census for each family member throughout their lives. Also include joining or leaving churches, confirmations, acquiring or sale of land, migrations, citizenship changes, jury duty, law suits, will probated, paid taxes, obituaries, mentioned in newspaper articles, new job, draft registration, military service, serving as a witness, bondsman, or godparent, working on the county road crew, jail, and warnings out. For all such events enter the date, place, [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)|cite your source]], and give a brief preliminary evaluation of that source on the family group record. | Add more than just birth, marriage, and death events on the family group record. [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|Add ALL the events]] including each census for each family member throughout their lives. Also include joining or leaving churches, confirmations, acquiring or sale of land, migrations, citizenship changes, jury duty, law suits, will probated, paid taxes, obituaries, mentioned in newspaper articles, new job, draft registration, military service, serving as a witness, bondsman, or godparent, working on the county road crew, jail, and warnings out. For all such events enter the date, place, [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)|cite your source]], and give a brief preliminary evaluation of that source on the family group record. | ||
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== '''Footnote Style Guides''' == | == '''Footnote Style Guides''' == | ||
University of Chicago Press. | University of Chicago Press.{{FSC|1154321|item|disp=The Chicago Manual of Style}} 14<sup>th</sup> ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993. | ||
<span>Silicon Valley PAF Users Group. | <span>Silicon Valley PAF Users Group. {{FSC|971576|item|disp=Family History Documentation Guidelines}}, 2<sup>nd</sup> ed. San Jose, Calif.: SVPUG, 2000-2003.</span> | ||
<span>Mills, Elizabeth Shown. | <span>Mills, Elizabeth Shown. {{FSC|1407003|item|disp=Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace}}. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 2007.</span> | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||