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* '''Read''' about the area your ancestors settled. Study its history and local genealogical periodicals. | * '''Read''' about the area your ancestors settled. Study its history and local genealogical periodicals. | ||
* Take '''classes''', conferences, and institutes. | * Take '''classes''', conferences, and institutes. | ||
* Go on a '''research trip''' to visit their communities to learn about the local way of life and repositories<span style="display: none; | * Go on a '''research trip''' to visit their communities to learn about the local way of life and repositories<span id="1198977441098E" style="display: none;"> </span>. | ||
'''Get help.''' Reach out to others and '''collaborate''' to get help and learn more. Place queries. Hire a professional. Pray for help. | '''Get help.''' Reach out to others and '''collaborate''' to get help and learn more. Place queries. Hire a professional. Pray for help. | ||
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1. An example of relatively early use of the phrase “burned counties” is found in a regularly featured periodical article which first appeared as “Records from Burned Counties,” ''Virginia Genealogical Society Bulletin'', 4, issue 3 (July 1966).<br> 2. Elizabeth Shown Mills, “Genealogical Mindset & Principles of Scholarship” (lecture in Course 4 Advanced Methodology & Evidence, Institute for Genealogical and Historical Research at Samford University, Birmingham, Ala., 13 June 2005).<br> 3. G. David Dilts, "Research Logs: The Most Important Tool for Organizing Your Family History," ''Genealogical Journal'' 30 (2002): 10-11.<br> 4. Carol Harless, et. al., PAF Documentation Guidelines (N.p.: Silicon Valley PAF Users Group, 1993), 1.<br> 5. Elizabeth Shown Mills, "Dissecting the Research Problem” (lecture in Course 4 Advanced Methodology & Evidence, Institute for Genealogical and Historical Research at Samford University, Birmingham, Ala., 17 June 2005).<br> 6. ''Ibid.'' <br> 7. Mills, “Genealogical Mindset & Principles of Scholarship.”<br> 8. Mills, “Dissecting the Research Problem.” | 1. An example of relatively early use of the phrase “burned counties” is found in a regularly featured periodical article which first appeared as “Records from Burned Counties,” ''Virginia Genealogical Society Bulletin'', 4, issue 3 (July 1966).<br> 2. Elizabeth Shown Mills, “Genealogical Mindset & Principles of Scholarship” (lecture in Course 4 Advanced Methodology & Evidence, Institute for Genealogical and Historical Research at Samford University, Birmingham, Ala., 13 June 2005).<br> 3. G. David Dilts, "Research Logs: The Most Important Tool for Organizing Your Family History," ''Genealogical Journal'' 30 (2002): 10-11.<br> 4. Carol Harless, et. al., PAF Documentation Guidelines (N.p.: Silicon Valley PAF Users Group, 1993), 1.<br> 5. Elizabeth Shown Mills, "Dissecting the Research Problem” (lecture in Course 4 Advanced Methodology & Evidence, Institute for Genealogical and Historical Research at Samford University, Birmingham, Ala., 17 June 2005).<br> 6. ''Ibid.'' <br> 7. Mills, “Genealogical Mindset & Principles of Scholarship.”<br> 8. Mills, “Dissecting the Research Problem.” | ||
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