How to Guess Where to Start: Difference between revisions
mNo edit summary |
(revoved link for "showing everything you know" in 3rd paragraph) |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
<span>Five fundamental guessing skills will help you get started on genealogy research. Each involves being able to guess some '''''additional''''' information based on what is already shown on a family group record.</span> | <span>Five fundamental guessing skills will help you get started on genealogy research. Each involves being able to guess some '''''additional''''' information based on what is already shown on a family group record.</span> | ||
<span>So, the best way to start is to prepare a family group record | <span>So, the best way to start is to prepare a family group record showing everything you know about the family.</span> | ||
<span>Then using the partly-completed family group record be able to:</span> | <span>Then using the partly-completed family group record be able to:</span> | ||
| Line 35: | Line 35: | ||
[http://genealogy.about.com/cs/beginnerscorner/ht/family_tree.htm How to Begin Tracing Your Family Tree] Kimberly Powell at About.com | [http://genealogy.about.com/cs/beginnerscorner/ht/family_tree.htm How to Begin Tracing Your Family Tree] Kimberly Powell at About.com | ||
[http://www.progenealogists.com/beginners.htm How to Get Started on Your Genealogy] Natalie Cottrill at ProGenealogists.com<br><span></span> | [http://www.progenealogists.com/beginners.htm How to Get Started on Your Genealogy] Natalie Cottrill at ProGenealogists.com<br><span></span> <!--{12072500624990} --> | ||
<!--{ | <!--{12072500624991} --> | ||
[[Category:Beginners]] | [[Category:Beginners]] | ||
Revision as of 13:15, 3 April 2008
Learn to guess names, places, dates, the best event in a person’s life to research first, and how to guess sources for that event. (beginning family history, beginning genealogy, beginning research, getting started, starting family history, starting genealogy, starting research, how do I start, how to start)
Five fundamental guessing skills will help you get started on genealogy research. Each involves being able to guess some additional information based on what is already shown on a family group record.
So, the best way to start is to prepare a family group record showing everything you know about the family.
Then using the partly-completed family group record be able to:
- Guess a spelling variation for every name on that family group.
- Guess a place for every event on that family group.
- Guess a date for every event on that family group.
- Guess the easiest (and hardest) person and event to research on that family group.
- Guess the best record types to use for finding information about any person’s event on that family group.
The links above explain how to guess these key pieces of information when they are unknown or uncertain.
Related Content[edit | edit source]
Guessing the Easiest to Research Person and Event
How to Begin a Search for Your Ancestor
Start Family History by Writing What Is Known
Related Internet Sites[edit | edit source]
How Do I Start My Family History? FamilySearch.org PDF File
Starting Genealogy and Family History Research U.S. National Archives
Starting Your Genealogy - The Basics USGenWeb
How to Begin Tracing Your Family Tree Kimberly Powell at About.com
How to Get Started on Your Genealogy Natalie Cottrill at ProGenealogists.com