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Don't stop with just the birth, marriage, and death events for the family. [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|'''''Add ALL events''''']] like census, land purchases and sales, military service, witnessing another person's document, or when a will was probated. A well-documented family group bristles with clues hinting where to research for more. | Don't stop with just the birth, marriage, and death events for the family. [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|'''''Add ALL events''''']] like census, land purchases and sales, military service, witnessing another person's document, or when a will was probated. A well-documented family group bristles with clues hinting where to research for more. | ||
'''4. A commitment to [[Document AS YOU GO!|document AS YOU GO]]<nowiki>!</nowiki>'''<sup>4</sup> This means keeping your research logs and family group record up-to-date. Fill out the purpose (person and event you want) for each search, and the source data on the research log BEFORE you look at the source. Complete the research log by filling in the results and (if you find something) file number of the photocopy. Documenting AS YOU GO means if you find a new source you do these things before you lay your head on the pillow:<br> a. [[Copying Sources|Photocopy the new source document]].<br> b. Identify the source (footnote information) on the front of the photocopy.<br> c. Write your own document filing number on the back of each photocopy.<br> d. Log the document number, and summarize events-people you found on all appropriate logs.<br> e. Transfer new family data from the source to appropriate family group records.<br> f. Enter new source footnotes for '''''every''''' piece of data on a source, even if that event already has a footnote.<br> g. Add a preliminary assessment of the data and its reliability to each source footnote.<br> h. Print the updated family group record.<br> j. File the new family group and photocopy. | '''4. A commitment to [[Document AS YOU GO!|document AS YOU GO]]<nowiki>!</nowiki>'''<sup>4</sup> This means keeping your research logs and family group record up-to-date. Fill out the purpose (person and event you want) for each search, and the source data on the research log BEFORE you look at the source. Complete the research log by filling in the results and (if you find something) file number of the photocopy. Documenting AS YOU GO means if you find a new source you do these things before you lay your head on the pillow:<br> a. [[Copying Sources|Photocopy the new source document]].<br> b. [[Cite_Your_Sources_(Source_Footnotes)|Identify the source]] (footnote information) on the front of the photocopy.<br> c. Write your own document filing number on the back of each photocopy.<br> d. Log the document number, and summarize events-people you found on all appropriate [[Research_Logs|logs]].<br> e. Transfer new family data from the source to appropriate family group records.<br> f. Enter new source footnotes [[Adding_a_Custom_Event_to_a_PAF_Family_Group_Record|for '''''every''''' piece of data]] on a source, even if that event already has a footnote.<br> g. Add a preliminary assessment of the data and its reliability to each source footnote.<br> h. Print the updated family group record.<br> j. File the new family group and photocopy. | ||
'''5. Write out a thoughtful master research plan.'''<sup>5</sup> Part of the overall goal should involve sharing your research on one or more families in a cluster. Within that goal work on one family at a time. Avoid skipping to a different family until work on this main family is nearly finished. | '''5. Write out a thoughtful master research plan.'''<sup>5</sup> Part of the overall goal should involve sharing your research on one or more families in a cluster. Within that goal work on one family at a time. Avoid skipping to a different family until work on this main family is nearly finished. | ||