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Determining If a Source is Relevant (view source)
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'''Compare old and new information.''' Correlate all information about the ancestor and compare it with information from the new source. | '''Compare old and new information.''' Correlate all information about the ancestor and compare it with information from the new source. | ||
'''Look for unique [[Identify What You Know# | '''Look for unique [[Identify What You Know#Types_of_Genealogical_Information|identifiers]].''' Look for at least '''two or three unique data''' or identifiers shared by both the new source, and what you already know. | ||
'''Relatives as identifiers.''' The [[Research a Family in Community Context|relatives and friends in close proximity]] are among the most unique and best identifiers. For example, if a person named ''Fox'' married someone named ''Pace'', those two surnames appearing together in records as married would usually be so unique you could be confident you had identified the same couple. Likewise, parents, siblings, children, and sometimes neighbors appearing together can be convincing evidence a new source is about the correct ancestor. | '''Relatives as identifiers.''' The [[Research a Family in Community Context|relatives and friends in close proximity]] are among the most unique and best identifiers. For example, if a person named ''Fox'' married someone named ''Pace'', those two surnames appearing together in records as married would usually be so unique you could be confident you had identified the same couple. Likewise, parents, siblings, children, and sometimes neighbors appearing together can be convincing evidence a new source is about the correct ancestor. | ||
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'''Later final analysis.''' Later, after you have [[Genealogical Proof Standard|thoroughly researched]] all the parents, siblings, and children of the ancestor, it is important to reconsider your preliminary acceptance of a source as relevant. When almost all that can be gathered about the family is assembled, correlated, corroborated, and analyzed in its totality, you are in a better position to make a final judgment about the relevance of an individual source. | '''Later final analysis.''' Later, after you have [[Genealogical Proof Standard|thoroughly researched]] all the parents, siblings, and children of the ancestor, it is important to reconsider your preliminary acceptance of a source as relevant. When almost all that can be gathered about the family is assembled, correlated, corroborated, and analyzed in its totality, you are in a better position to make a final judgment about the relevance of an individual source. | ||
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