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''Figure 1. Example top part of a blank research log available at Family History Centers.'' [[Image:Log15.png]] | ''Figure 1. Example top part of a blank research log available at Family History Centers.'' [[Image:Log15.png]] | ||
== What to Fill | == What to Fill In BEFORE a Search == | ||
It is important to partially fill | It is important to partially fill in a research log before you view a source:<br> | ||
#Date | #Date | ||
#Place of research<br> | #Place of research<br> | ||
#'''Purpose''' - write the person-event you seek for '''each''' search so you will later know whether you need to search the same source again for a different person or event. | #'''Purpose''' - write the person-event you seek for '''each''' search so you will later know whether you need to search the same source again for a different person or event. | ||
#Call Number (if any) | #Call Number (if any) | ||
#'''Source''' - write source descriptions in [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)|footnote format]] (see the [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51553085&referer=brief_results ''Chicago Manual of Style'']<ref>G. David Dilts, “Citing Sources Using the ''Chicago Manual of Style'',” [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2250993&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results ''Genealogical Journal''] 24: 4 (1996), 149-53 [FHL Book 973 D25gj v. 24 1996]. See also Elizabeth Show Mills, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/126230149&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results ''Evidence Explained''] (Balitmore: Genealogical Publishing, 2007)[FHL Book 929.1 M625ee].</ref>) | #'''Source''' - write source descriptions in [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)|footnote format]] (see the [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51553085&referer=brief_results ''Chicago Manual of Style'']<ref>G. David Dilts, “Citing Sources Using the ''Chicago Manual of Style'',” [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2250993&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results ''Genealogical Journal''] 24: 4 (1996), 149-53 [FHL Book 973 D25gj v. 24 1996]. See also Elizabeth Show Mills, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/126230149&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results ''Evidence Explained''] (Balitmore: Genealogical Publishing, 2007)[FHL Book 929.1 M625ee].</ref>) | ||
'''Why complete these before a search.''' Avoid the temptation to skip writing anything at all if the search results are negative. If you finish writing these items before the search, and if your ancestor is not mentioned in the source, it is easier to write '''nil''' than it would be to fill in all the data afterward. | '''Why complete these before a search.''' Avoid the temptation to skip writing anything at all if the search results are negative. If you finish writing these items before the search, and if your ancestor is not mentioned in the source, it is easier to write '''nil''' than it would be to fill in all the data afterward. | ||
Source description information is easier to find in the catalog than in the source itself. Also, it helps other researchers to use the descriptive information the way it is found in the catalog at the repository where you found the source.<br> | Source description information is easier to find in the catalog than in the source itself. Also, it helps other researchers to use the descriptive information the way it is found in the catalog at the repository where you found the source.<br> | ||
'''Comments on your strategies, questions, discrepancies, and analysis.''' Research logs are also a good place to write your strategies and explain why you are searching certain sources. Explain what you want to find, why, and how you hope to find it. Also write questions about the family, or mention conflicting data. When a chain of sources are needed to reach a conclusion, use the research log to write an analysis explaining your findings. | '''Comments on your strategies, questions, discrepancies, and analysis.''' Research logs are also a good place to write your strategies and explain why you are searching certain sources. Explain what you want to find, why, and how you hope to find it. Also write questions about the family, or mention conflicting data. When a chain of sources are needed to reach a conclusion, use the research log to write an analysis explaining your findings. | ||
== What to Complete AFTER a Search == | == What to Complete AFTER a Search == | ||