Cyndi Howells’ Genealogy Research article, Ten Things You Should Do (That You Probably Aren’t Doing Already), is a must read if you are hitting some dead ends in your family history research.
A few highlights include:
Actively participate in an online project or mailing list. Find one small area where your personal expertise can help, then reach out and give that help to others…Give full source citations, complete references (names, titles, publication dates, e-mail addresses, web addresses, physical addresses, etc.) and as many details as possible…Don’t believe everything you find online. Don’t believe everything you find in books or on CDs. Don’t believe everything sent to you by a friend or long-lost cousin. Do the research yourself and look at the original source records yourself…Educate yourself. Attend genealogy conferences and seminars. Take online courses. Read through online tutorials and how-to articles. It is never to late to learn something new. You can never know too much about any one topic.
Cyndi Howells’ Genealogy Research,
Ten Things You Should Do (That You Probably Aren’t Doing Already)
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Cyndi Howell - Ten Things You Should Do in Your Genealogy Research (But Aren’t) is Issue Number 21 published May 10, 2006, by Lorelle VanFossen. This is just one of many articles found in the Genealogy Techniques categories. Lorelle VanFossen writes for a variety of blogs, websites, ezines, and print publications. She also teaches and does a lot of public speaking internationally on photography, writing, blogging, web page design and development, and more. She and her husband and cat(s) travel full-time across North American and the rest of the world by RV, planes, trains, automobiles, and foot, writing and photographing their travels and nature, when they can find it. Lorelle VanFossen has written 236 articles for our our family history blog.
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