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= '''Select the Easiest Research Objective''' = | = '''Select the Easiest Research Objective''' = | ||
To help judge easy-to-document versus difficult-to-document events on a family, use the following four factors. The factors are listed in order from most important to least important. | To help judge easy-to-document versus difficult-to-document events on a family, use the following four factors. The factors are listed in order from most important to least important. | ||
1. Completeness of the dates, places, and sources for each event. | 1. Completeness of the dates, places, and sources for each event. | ||
2. Availability of pertinent documents. | 2. Availability of pertinent documents. | ||
3. More recent versus earlier events. | 3. More recent versus earlier events. | ||
4. Quality of available documents. | 4. Quality of available documents. | ||
For more details about selecting easier objectives see [[Guessing the Easiest to Research Person and Event]]. | For more details about selecting easier objectives see [[Guessing the Easiest to Research Person and Event]]. | ||
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* '''''Notes about your strategies, analysis, discrepancies, and questions.''''' Logs should be more than just a list of sources. Make your research logs as well the journals of your genealogical thinking and ideas. | * '''''Notes about your strategies, analysis, discrepancies, and questions.''''' Logs should be more than just a list of sources. Make your research logs as well the journals of your genealogical thinking and ideas. | ||
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