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* Help you succeed and enjoy your research experience.
* Help you succeed and enjoy your research experience.


In order to select a specific research objective, you will first identify several individuals or families you could research, then you will choose one. With one individual or family in mind, you will have agoal and can then identify questions about him or her. Next, select one question as the research objective. Then you will prepare and use a research log.
In order to select a specific research objective, you will first identify several individuals or families you could research, then you will choose one. With one individual or family in mind, you will have a goal and can then identify questions about him or her. Next, select one question as the research objective. Then you will prepare and use a research log.


At the end of this step you should have a research log that includes—
At the end of this step you should have a research log that includes—
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* '''''Notes about your strategies, analysis, discrepancies, and questions.''''' Logs should be more than just a list of sources. Make your research logs as well the journals of your genealogical thinking and ideas.
* '''''Notes about your strategies, analysis, discrepancies, and questions.''''' Logs should be more than just a list of sources. Make your research logs as well the journals of your genealogical thinking and ideas.


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