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Use this important tool to help organize and track your research work. Research logs document where you search, and what has or has NOT been found. | Use this important tool to help organize and track your research work. Research logs document where you search, and what has or has NOT been found. | ||
'''Research log definition. '''A research log is comprehensive list of sources you already searched, or plan to search including the purpose of each search (what you want to find), a summary of significant findings and where your copies are, notations showing sources searched where you found nothing, and plenty of comments about your search strategies, suggestions, questions, analysis, and discrepancies. Download a PDF copy of the Research Log: [[Image:Research Log.pdf]] or, download a blank Word document which can be used as an [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/ | '''Research log definition. '''A research log is comprehensive list of sources you already searched, or plan to search including the purpose of each search (what you want to find), a summary of significant findings and where your copies are, notations showing sources searched where you found nothing, and plenty of comments about your search strategies, suggestions, questions, analysis, and discrepancies. Download a PDF copy of the Research Log: [[Image:Research Log.pdf]] or, download a blank Word document which can be used as an [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/images/0/0f/Research_Log.doc electronic research log]. | ||
== Value of Research Logs == | == Value of Research Logs == | ||
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#'''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;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;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;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;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. | ||