tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post2904385303193367104..comments2023-06-26T04:17:39.453-05:00Comments on Genealogy Tip of the Day: Conclusions Can Be RevisedMichael John Neillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10785989524587275817noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post-35363761467928429062011-12-07T09:37:03.973-06:002011-12-07T09:37:03.973-06:00Michael,
This is when my OCD comes in quite hand...Michael, <br /><br />This is when my OCD comes in quite handy. I am meticulous about my note-taking and train of evidence in my family tree research. It helps out a lot. I just keep a basic "journal" as I go along, which helps me to go back and see my train of though. Specifically when I go back and look at my old research, this is very helpful.<br /><br />Thanks again,<br /><br />KellyKelly Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17418997861864908391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post-44078917719069520272011-12-06T12:31:24.159-06:002011-12-06T12:31:24.159-06:00Kat-
It's more that sometimes when I'm on ...Kat-<br />It's more that sometimes when I'm on a trip and trying to get the most "bang for my travel buck" that I don't track my process as well as I could. I keep track of where I get things. <br /><br />I was working on the William Rhodus who've I have been discussing in the newsletter and I had copies from census records in several years in different states for different people and copies from books, etc. It took me forever to "recreate" the process to determine why I had copied them. The good thing was that I knew what census or book everything was from, but I still wish I had kept better track of why I did what I did at the time I did itBubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00116684507094892060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post-23824683610665832292011-12-06T12:26:08.456-06:002011-12-06T12:26:08.456-06:00Michael, If you have difficulty with your note tak...Michael, If you have difficulty with your note taking, there's little hope for me!Katnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post-23220253487859679432011-12-06T11:49:22.620-06:002011-12-06T11:49:22.620-06:00Kelly-
Sometimes when I am at the FHL in Salt Lak...Kelly-<br /><br />Sometimes when I am at the FHL in Salt Lake or the ACPL in Ft. Wayne, I research and have valid reasons for why I did the next task but I don't always leave myself a sufficient audit trail of why I did what I did. Sometimes if I keep the copies or images in the right order, I can pretty much remember, but I need to be better about taking better notes as I research. A few times I really did forget why the next thing was copied and put in "the stack." <br /><br />Usually new things cause me to expand or solidify original conclusions, but every so often I really have to revise something based upon something new. I find writing out conclusions and reasons clears up so many things. <br /><br />MichaelMichael John Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785989524587275817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post-69611441493766226302011-12-06T11:05:14.769-06:002011-12-06T11:05:14.769-06:00Michael,
I have done the same thing. I had a lu...Michael, <br /><br />I have done the same thing. I had a lull in clients to research a few months ago so I went back and re-evaluated my entire tree. <br /><br />The first thing I found was that there were ridiculous numbers of new records that had popped up since I had looked at my tree last. I also found, however, a few loose ends that I was able to tie down and also a few areas that I was now skeptical about my path. <br /><br />I started a new tree on that line and researched it again from the beginning. Thankfully, I ended up with the same conclusion, though with much more detail and evidence.<br /><br />KellyKelly Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17418997861864908391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post-15829369703600004932011-12-06T10:46:30.225-06:002011-12-06T10:46:30.225-06:00Kelly,
In my case it was partially new records an...Kelly,<br /><br />In my case it was partially new records and partially that I needed to really take a good look at my original conclusions. The reasoning was valid, there were just some possibilities that were overlooked. <br /><br />It was frustrating to have to realize that (in my case) I hadn't found the guy in the 1860 census, but it hindsight it was good because now I have to re-evaluate why I can't find him in 1860 and that may actually lead to more information on him than I already have. <br /><br />In this case the incorrect conclusion about this guy and the 1860 census might have been part of my problem.Michael John Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785989524587275817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post-47627287293282158022011-12-06T10:32:16.506-06:002011-12-06T10:32:16.506-06:00Michael,
This is so very true! Especially as new r...Michael,<br />This is so very true! Especially as new records are being made available to us on a daily basis, it can be disheartening to find that your initial conclusion could have been so wrong. Revising your original research and starting over with a fresh outlook is the only way to go. <br />KellyKelly Gallagherhttp://www.familytreehelper.orgnoreply@blogger.com