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<div style="flex:1; background-color:purple; padding:30px"><span style="font-size:2em; color:white;">'''New to Research?'''<br><br><span style="font-size:1em">Understand the steps you need to take when doing your own family history research.</span></div> | <div style="flex:1; background-color:purple; padding:30px"><span style="font-size:2em; color:white;">'''New to Research?'''<br><br><span style="font-size:1em">Understand the steps you need to take when doing your own family history research.</span></div> |
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Research Overview
Research is done in cycles. You will complete a series of steps and then repeat the steps again, using the new knowledge you have gained. An illustration of the research cycle appears above.
For successful research, follow these steps:
1. Identify what you know.
2. Decide what you want to learn.
3. Select records to search.
4. Obtain and search the records.
5. Evaluate and Use the information.