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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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This is not magic. We cannot make burned records re-appear, but we CAN learn to make progress without them. | This is not magic. We cannot make burned records re-appear, but we CAN learn to make progress without them. | ||
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Don't stop with just the birth, marriage, and death events for the family. [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|'''''Add ALL events''''']] like census, land purchases and sales, military service, witnessing another person's document, or when a will was probated. A well-documented family group bristles with clues hinting where to research for more. | Don't stop with just the birth, marriage, and death events for the family. [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|'''''Add ALL events''''']] like census, land purchases and sales, military service, witnessing another person's document, or when a will was probated. A well-documented family group bristles with clues hinting where to research for more. | ||
'''4. A commitment to [[Document AS YOU GO!|document AS YOU GO]]<nowiki>!</nowiki>'''<sup>4</sup> This means keeping your research logs and family group record up-to-date. Fill out the purpose (person and event you want) for each search, and the source data on the research log BEFORE you look at the source. Complete the research log by filling in the results and (if you find something) file number of the photocopy. Documenting AS YOU GO means if you find a new source you do these things before you lay your head on the pillow:<br> a. [[Copying Sources|Photocopy the new source document]].<br> b. [[ | '''4. A commitment to [[Document AS YOU GO!|document AS YOU GO]]<nowiki>!</nowiki>'''<sup>4</sup> This means keeping your research logs and family group record up-to-date. Fill out the purpose (person and event you want) for each search, and the source data on the research log BEFORE you look at the source. Complete the research log by filling in the results and (if you find something) file number of the photocopy. Documenting AS YOU GO means if you find a new source you do these things before you lay your head on the pillow:<br> a. [[Copying Sources|Photocopy the new source document]].<br> b. [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)|Identify the source]] (footnote information) on the front of the photocopy.<br> c. Write your own document filing number on the back of each photocopy.<br> d. Log the document number, and summarize events-people you found on all appropriate [[Research Logs|logs]].<br> e. Transfer new family data from the source to appropriate family group records.<br> f. Enter new source footnotes [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|for '''''every''''' piece of data]] on a source, even if that event already has a footnote.<br> g. Add a preliminary assessment of the data and its reliability to each source footnote.<br> h. Print the updated family group record.<br> j. File the new family group and photocopy. | ||
'''5. Write out a thoughtful master research plan.'''<sup>5</sup> Part of the overall goal should involve sharing your research on one or more families in a cluster. Within that goal work on one family at a time. Avoid skipping to a different family until work on this main family is nearly finished. | '''5. Write out a thoughtful master research plan.'''<sup>5</sup> Part of the overall goal should involve sharing your research on one or more families in a cluster. Within that goal work on one family at a time. Avoid skipping to a different family until work on this main family is nearly finished. | ||
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* Go on a '''research trip''' to visit their communities to learn about the local way of life and repositories<span id="1198977441098E"> </span>. | * Go on a '''research trip''' to visit their communities to learn about the local way of life and repositories<span id="1198977441098E"> </span>. | ||
'''Get help.''' Reach out to others and '''collaborate''' to get help and learn more. Place queries. [[ | '''Get help.''' Reach out to others and '''collaborate''' to get help and learn more. Place queries. [[Hiring a Professional Researcher|Hire a professional]]. Pray for help. | ||
'''Share''' what you know on the Internet, or through books, or articles in order to make contacts with other researchers. They may contact you with additional helpful information. | '''Share''' what you know on the Internet, or through books, or articles in order to make contacts with other researchers. They may contact you with additional helpful information. | ||
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= '''Related Content'''<br> = | = '''Related Content'''<br> = | ||
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