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Keep your [[Research Logs|research log]] up to date. [[Document AS YOU GO!|Organize and document as you go]]. Record the following:<br> | Keep your [[Research Logs|research log]] up to date. [[Document AS YOU GO!|Organize and document as you go]]. Record the following:<br> | ||
*'''''Your [[Decide What You Want to Learn#One Research Objective at a Time | research objective''''' | *'''''Your [[Decide What You Want to Learn#One Research Objective at a Time|research objective]]'''[[Decide What You Want to Learn#One Research Objective at a Time|]]'' (name the person and event) as soon as you have chosen them. | ||
*'''''The records you want to search.''''' It is probably easiest to enter records as you select them (usually while still looking at the catalog). Record enough information about each source so that someone could readily find it again—the source footnote information. | *'''''[[Select Records to Search#Select Specific Records | The records you want to search.''''']] It is probably easiest to enter records as you select them (usually while still looking at the catalog). Record enough information about each source so that someone could readily find it again—the source footnote information. | ||
*'''''The results of your search.''''' As soon as you have searched a record, note whether or not you found anything in the record. You may want to include a document number for copies you made. | *'''''The results of your search.''''' As soon as you have searched a record, note whether or not you found anything in the record. You may want to include a document number for copies you made. | ||
*'''''Your e-mail and correspondence.''''' Include the address you wrote to and what you requested. Including e-mail and correspondence on your research log is more efficient than on a separate ''Correspondence Log''. | *'''''Your e-mail and correspondence.''''' Include the address you wrote to and what you requested. Including e-mail and correspondence on your research log is more efficient than on a separate ''Correspondence Log''. | ||
*'''''Genealogical telephone calls and visits.''''' Include dates, full names, and results. | *'''''Genealogical telephone calls and visits.''''' Include dates, full names, and results. | ||
*'''''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.<br> <br> [[Select Records to Search|Next page]] | *'''''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.<br> <br> [[Select Records to Search|Next page]] | ||
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