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*'''''Place of research'''''<nowiki>: use full mailing address, telephone/fax number, e-mail address, or Internet URL.</nowiki> | *'''''Place of research'''''<nowiki>: use full mailing address, telephone/fax number, e-mail address, or Internet URL.</nowiki> | ||
*'''''Purpose''''' (objective) of search: '''event''' and '''person''' being sought (use symbols), ''for example,'' '''<nowiki>*</nowiki>''' Robert (Event symbols for objectives and results: '''<nowiki>*</nowiki>'''<nowiki>=birth</nowiki> '''∞'''<nowiki>=marriage</nowiki> '''†'''<nowiki>=death)</nowiki> | *'''''Purpose''''' (objective) of search: '''event''' and '''person''' being sought (use symbols), ''for example,'' '''<nowiki>*</nowiki>''' Robert (Event symbols for objectives and results: '''<nowiki>*</nowiki>'''<nowiki>=birth</nowiki> '''∞'''<nowiki>=marriage</nowiki> '''†'''<nowiki>=death)</nowiki> | ||
*'''''Call number<nowiki>:</nowiki>'''''<nowiki /> library or archive call number, ''for example,'' | *'''''Call number<nowiki>:</nowiki>'''''<nowiki /> library or archive call number, ''for example,'' FS Library book 977.162 D3d | ||
*'''''Source Description:''''' author, title, where the original is (''that is'' a publisher or repository), date, and page. | *'''''Source Description:''''' author, title, where the original is (''that is'' a publisher or repository), date, and page. | ||
*'''''Scope of Your Search:''''' What exactly did you search, what did you record, what parameters limited what you recorded as results? | *'''''Scope of Your Search:''''' What exactly did you search, what did you record, what parameters limited what you recorded as results? | ||
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#'''Purpose''' - write the person-event you seek for '''each''' search so you will later know whether you need to search the same source again for a different person or event. | #'''Purpose''' - write the person-event you seek for '''each''' search so you will later know whether you need to search the same source again for a different person or event. | ||
#Call Number (if any) | #Call Number (if any) | ||
#'''Source''' - write source descriptions in [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)|footnote format]] (see the [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51553085&referer=brief_results ''Chicago Manual of Style'']<ref>G. David Dilts, “Citing Sources Using the ''Chicago Manual of Style'',” [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2250993referer=brief_results ''Genealogical Journal''] 24: 4 (1996), 149-53 [ | #'''Source''' - write source descriptions in [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)|footnote format]] (see the [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51553085&referer=brief_results ''Chicago Manual of Style'']<ref>G. David Dilts, “Citing Sources Using the ''Chicago Manual of Style'',” [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2250993referer=brief_results ''Genealogical Journal''] 24: 4 (1996), 149-53 [FS Library Book 973 D25gj v. 24 1996]. See also Elizabeth Shown Mills, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/126230149referer=brief_results ''Evidence Explained''] (Balitmore: Genealogical Publishing, 2007)[FS Library Book 929.1 M625ee].</ref>) | ||
'''Why complete these before a search.''' Avoid the temptation to skip writing anything at all if the search results are negative. If you finish writing these items before the search, and if your ancestor is not mentioned in the source, it is easier to write '''nil''' than it would be to fill in all the data afterward. | '''Why complete these before a search.''' Avoid the temptation to skip writing anything at all if the search results are negative. If you finish writing these items before the search, and if your ancestor is not mentioned in the source, it is easier to write '''nil''' than it would be to fill in all the data afterward. | ||
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