Research Process
Understand the steps you need to take when doing your own family history research.
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|Decide what you want to lear].
3. [[Select Records to Search|Select records to searc].
4. [[Obtain and Search the Records|Obtain and search the record].
5. [[Use the Information|Evaluate and Use the informatio].
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|group2 = Step 1. Identify What You Know |list2 = [[Use Appropriate Form] · [[Recall Informatio] · [[Gather Family Informatio] · [[Gather Low-Hanging-Fruit Source] · [[Record Useful Informatio] · [[Organize Your Record]
|group3 = Step 2. Decide What You Want to Learn |list3 = [[Identify Candidate Families for Further Researc] · [[One Family at a Tim] · [[One Research Objective at a Tim] · [[Select the Easiest Research Objectiv] · [[Prepare a Research Lo]
|group4 = Step 3. Select Records to Search |list4 = [[Creation of Record] · [[Identify a Category of Source] · [[Choose a Record Typ] · [[Select Specific Record] · [[Describe the Records on a Research Lo]
|group5 = Step 4. Obtain and Search the Records |list5 = [[Obtain the Record] · [[View the Record] · [[Search the Record] · [[Record the Result]
|group6 = Step 5. Use the Information |list6 = [[Evaluate the Evidenc] · [[Transfer the Informatio] · [[Organize the New Record] · [[Share the Informatio] · [[Restart the Research Cycl] · [[Mormon Genealog] · [[Principles of Family History Research For Further Reading|For Further Readin]
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See Also
- [[Begin your genealogy quest|Start your family histor]
- [[Select computer software|Select softwar]
- [[Organize your genealogy|Organize your record]
- [[Principles of Family History Research|Research Principle]
- [[Family History for Beginners|Family History for Beginner]
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