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Strategies for making research progress on families who lived in a place where most of the records are lost. | Strategies for making research progress on families who lived in a place where most of the records are lost. | ||
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* Find ways to '''''collaborate''''' with other genealogists, archivists, and librarians on solving the problem. Get help where ever you can.<br> | * Find ways to '''''collaborate''''' with other genealogists, archivists, and librarians on solving the problem. Get help where ever you can.<br> | ||
= '''Find Substitutes''' = | |||
When a record goes missing, there may be some other records available with the same information. | When a record goes missing, there may be some other records available with the same information. | ||
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* comb the neighbors for families with similar naming patters, origins, or occupations | * comb the neighbors for families with similar naming patters, origins, or occupations | ||
= '''Think About Your Burned County Research in New Ways''' = | |||
Be innovative. Break out of the box. Force your brain to break old connections and make new ones. | Be innovative. Break out of the box. Force your brain to break old connections and make new ones. | ||