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= '''Select Specific Records''' = | = '''Select Specific Records''' = | ||
You have identified a record type. Now you are ready to | You have identified a record type. Now you are ready to compare information on your family group record with catalogs or record lists in order to choose which specific records you will search. First, look at the family group record again for information about when and where the event occurred. If necessary guess when and where it happened. | ||
== '''Helpful Guessing Skills''' == | == '''Helpful Guessing Skills''' == | ||
To find useful source documents, a researcher needs to be good at guessing information needed to find documents. Each of the following involves being able to guess some '''''additional''''' information based on what is already shown on a family group record:<br> | To find useful source documents, a researcher needs to be good at guessing information needed to find ancestors in documents. Each of the following involves being able to guess some '''''additional''''' information based on what is already shown on a family group record:<br> | ||
* [[Guessing a | * [[Guessing a Place]] for every event on that family group. Usually you need to guess where an event happened to be able to guess where to look for records of that place.<br> | ||
* [[Guessing a | * [[Guessing a Date]] for every event on that family group. You need to guess dates to narrow searches when indexes are not available or cover only limited periods.<br> | ||
* [[Guessing a | * [[Guessing a Name Variation]] for every name on that family group. Your ancestors may have always spelled their name a certain way, but the clerks who wrote there names probably used some surprises. Learn to look for ancestors under unexpected spellings and names.<br> | ||
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== '''Catalogs and Record Lists''' == | == '''Catalogs and Record Lists''' == | ||
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= '''Describe the Records on a Research Log''' = | = '''Describe the Records on a Research Log''' = | ||