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For more details about selecting easier objectives see [[Guessing the Easiest to Research Person and Event]].
For more details about selecting easier objectives see [[Guessing the Easiest to Research Person and Event]].


== '''Helpful Guessing Skills''' ==


To find useful source documents, a researcher needs to be good at guessing information needed to find documents. Each of the following involves being able to guess some '''''additional''''' information based on what is already shown on a family group record:<br>
* [[Guessing a Name Variation]] for every name on that family group.<br>
* [[Guessing a Place]] for every event on that family group.<br>
* [[Guessing a Date]] for every event on that family group.<br>
* [[Guessing the Easiest to Research Person and Event]] on that family group.<br>
* [[Guessing a Record Type to Use]] for finding information about any person’s event on that group record (see [[Select Records to Search|Step 3. Select Records to Search]].<br>


== '''Using a Research Log''' ==
== '''Using a Research Log''' ==
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