tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post3547874873385362032..comments2024-03-07T23:20:49.790-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: Are you exhausted by being reasonably exhaustive?James Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-14184092508229989672014-08-05T06:52:30.773-07:002014-08-05T06:52:30.773-07:00Thanks for your analysis. Unfortunately, some peop...Thanks for your analysis. Unfortunately, some people never progress beyond the beginner stage of their document examination. James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-28454848069481844962014-08-04T15:48:10.262-07:002014-08-04T15:48:10.262-07:00"What more do I need to establish their ident..."What more do I need to establish their identity?"<br /><br />Most beginners are working with 20th century records to start out and have not yet run into tough relationship problems (or at least not that they are aware of). It's gathering what seem to be 'duplicate' items that may contain discrepancies -- a red flag to the seeker that there may be more than one person -- even 2 or more couples -- with the same names and roughly the same birth dates.<br /><br />Expanding the records-search horizon into estate records (such as sale bills where family and neighbors appear) and keeping track of neighbors in Census reports can help tremendously to establish identities of individuals and track when families-friends-associates move to establish a new community.<br /><br />It's hard to get new researchers to see the importance of such material if they have not yet had a major lineage-research difficulty themselves.<br />Geoloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050268303916428230noreply@blogger.com