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add email and backups
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Keep everything on one set of research logs per family; do NOT keep separate correspondence logs. | Keep everything on one set of research logs per family; do NOT keep separate correspondence logs. | ||
a. Keep a copy of all letters | a. Keep a copy of all letters and emails | ||
b. Assign a document number to both the inquiry letter and the reply | b. Assign a document number to both the inquiry letter or email and the reply. | ||
Make paper printouts of '''all''' electronic sources, including written notes of telephone interviews. | c. Enter telephone calls, queries, forum postings, and instant message conversations relating to family research on your research log and keep notes of what was said. Give your notes a document number and refer to them from the research log. | ||
Make paper printouts or backups of '''all''' electronic sources, including written notes of telephone interviews. | |||
== Special Situations == | == Special Situations == | ||