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 . '''''[[Document AS YOU GO!|Document and organize AS YOU GO]].'''''<ref>Harless.</ref> &nbsp;When you search a document but it has no information about your ancestor, his kin, or his neighbors, write "nil" in the results field. If you DO find something, do the following before you look for any more documents (or lay your head on your pillow):
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a. [[Copying Sources|Photocopy the new source document]].
+     a. [[Copying Sources|Photocopy the new source document]].
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; b. Identify the source (footnote information) on the front of the photocopy.
+     b. Identify the source (footnote information) on the front of the photocopy.
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; c. Write your own document filing number on the back of each photocopy.
+     c. Write your own document filing number on the back of each photocopy.
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; d. Log the new document number and summarize the events/people you found on all appropriate logs.
+     d. Log the new document number and summarize the events/people you found on all appropriate logs.
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; e. Transfer new family data from the source to appropriate family group records.
+     e. Transfer new family data from the source to appropriate family group records.
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; f. Enter new [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)|source footnotes]] for every piece of data on a source, even if that event already has a note.
+     f. Enter new [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)|source footnotes]] for every piece of data on a source, even if that event already has a note.
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; g. Add a preliminary assessment of the data and its reliability to the end of each source footnote.<ref>Mills, “Dissecting the Research Problem.”</ref>
+     g. Add a preliminary assessment of the data and its reliability to the end of each source footnote.<ref>Mills, “Dissecting the Research Problem.”</ref>
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; h. Print the updated family group record.
+     h. Print the updated family group record.
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i. File the new family group and photocopy.
+     i. File the new family group and photocopy.
 . '''''Search worldwide indexes for John Doe's family name.'''''&nbsp; For a list of worldwide database indexes use the links at the end of the Wiki article "[[Major Databases for Beginning United States Research|Major Databases for United States Research.]]"