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== '''What it means to document AS YOU GO''' == | == '''What it means to document AS YOU GO''' == | ||
Before you lay your head on the pillow, do nine things after a successful search:<br | Before you lay your head on the pillow, do nine things after a successful search:<br> 1. [[Copying Sources|Photocopy the new source document]].(3)<br> 2. Identify the source (type a footnote citation) on the ''front margin'' of the photocopy.<br> 3. Write your own document filing number on the back of each photocopy.<br> 4. Log the document number, and summarize events-people you found on all appropriate research logs.(4)<br> 5. Transfer every piece of '''''new''''' data from the source to the appropriate family groups.<br> 6. Enter new [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)|source footnotes]] for '''''every''''' piece of data on the source, even if that event already has a footnote on the family group.<br> 7. Add a preliminary assessment of the data’s reliability in the footnote comment field.(5)<br> 8. Print the updated family group.<br> 9. File the updated family group, and source photocopy. | ||
Document AS YOU GO means you never start another search until you have finished the paperwork, and finished filing the previous search results. | Document AS YOU GO means you never start another search until you have finished the paperwork, and finished filing the previous search results. |
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