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<br>See also [[United States, How to Find Genealogy Records]]<br>  
<br>See also [[United States, How to Find Genealogy Records]]<br>  


[[Image:Brick wall 2494.jpg|thumb|right]]Use this checklist of concepts and research techniques to help you solve a variety of difficult research problems.  
[[Image:File:Brick wall wrecking ball.jpg|right|200px]]Use this checklist of concepts and research techniques to help you solve a variety of difficult research problems.  


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Your attitude about tough family history research problems has a big impact on your chances of success. Whether you think you can, or whether you think you cannot—you are right! Develop a relentless “track-‘em-down” attitude pursuing and analyzing all sources.<ref name="one">Elizabeth Shown Mills, "Genealogical Mindset  Principles of Scholarship" (lecture in Course 4 Advanced Methodology  Evidence, Institute for Genealogical and Historical Research at Samford University, Birmingham, Ala., 13 June 2005).</ref>&nbsp;Never give up on the problem, and never give up searching for new ideas and ways of researching the problem. Hunt down the answers no matter what it takes.  
Your attitude about tough family history research problems has a big impact on your chances of success. Whether you think you can, or whether you think you cannot—you are right! Develop a relentless “track-‘em-down” attitude pursuing and analyzing all sources.<ref name="one">Elizabeth Shown Mills, "Genealogical Mindset  Principles of Scholarship" (lecture in Course 4 Advanced Methodology  Evidence, Institute for Genealogical and Historical Research at Samford University, Birmingham, Ala., 13 June 2005).</ref>&nbsp;Never give up on the problem, and never give up searching for new ideas and ways of researching the problem. Hunt down the answers no matter what it takes.  


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[[Category:Beginners]] [[Category:Research_Analysis]] [[Category:FamilySearch_Research_Classes_Online]] [[Category:New to Genealogy]]
[[Category:Beginners]] [[Category:Research_Analysis]] [[Category:FamilySearch_Research_Classes_Online]] [[Category:New_to_Genealogy]]
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