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== '''Family Group Records''' == | == '''Family Group Records''' == | ||
Compile a good | Compile a good [[Family group record: roadmap for researchers|family group record]] right at the start. Cite ALL the known sources for that family in footnotes tied to the events they document. Have at least one source footnote for every event mentioned on the family group record. Many sources include information about several events—link a footnote to every event mentioned in such sources. Use the footnote comments field to write a brief preliminary evaluation of the source. | ||
Add more than just birth, marriage, and death events on the family group record. [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|Add ALL the events]] including each census for each family member throughout their lives. Also include joining or leaving churches, confirmations, acquiring or sale of land, migrations, citizenship changes, jury duty, law suits, will probated, paid taxes, obituaries, mentioned in newspaper articles, new job, draft registration, military service, serving as a witness, bondsman, or godparent, working on the county road crew, jail, and warnings out. For all such events enter the date, place, [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)|cite your source]], and give a brief preliminary evaluation of that source on the family group record. | Add more than just birth, marriage, and death events on the family group record. [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|Add ALL the events]] including each census for each family member throughout their lives. Also include joining or leaving churches, confirmations, acquiring or sale of land, migrations, citizenship changes, jury duty, law suits, will probated, paid taxes, obituaries, mentioned in newspaper articles, new job, draft registration, military service, serving as a witness, bondsman, or godparent, working on the county road crew, jail, and warnings out. For all such events enter the date, place, [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)|cite your source]], and give a brief preliminary evaluation of that source on the family group record. | ||
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