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This page last updated July 24, 2004

Researching is a great hobby and for some of us, an obsession. With this researching we most frequently work with the "who" "when" and "where". It also helps quite frequently to have a fair sprinkling of "how". So with this in mind, I have decided to create a section containing various researching tips to cover all areas of researching from the acquiring of data to storing of data. I am pulling these from various sources; some I have found on the internet and will note the sources and others I have developed myself as the most convenient and usable way. This will be an ongoing project, with entries some weeks and none other weeks, depending on what I find useful. I am hoping that everyone will come to think of it as a "Genealogy Library" of sorts for their own references. I encourage everyone to send in any tips/hints that they have found useful or have developed and use. Please include your name for credit. I also would be interested to hear from everyone with your opinion of the usefulness of this new section.

Regarding the extended book form I am putting together of these tips; much was destroyed in my computer crash and I am beginning it again. But it will appear! On a Shoestring An Effective Posting Organizing Your Mail Non Connecting Files Notebooks, Papers, Filing Cabinets Second Time Around Legends-Fact or Fiction Taking a Tape Recorder Don't Wait, They Won't Spelling Doesn't Always Count Using Obituaries Current History What Happens After You are Gone Using Census Records Probate Records Photo Project Door One, Two or Three Cemeteries Can Be Fun Mortality Schedules 1840 Pensioners Census Taint Necessarily So Gospel According to the Gullible How Much To Give? Social Security Database as Resource Expect the Unexpected But They All Have the Same Name Grab Bag Special Protect Your Investment Researching or Recycling? A New Family Tradition A New Christmas Idea Important Papers.. versus just junk Don't Depend on Memory Consider the Neighbors When Someone is Generous Citing Your Sources What About the Bad Stuff? Do you know your Ancestors? Or Just Date Them? Privatize Your Files !! Gathering Your Stockpile for the Winter Don't Loose Important Identities Getting It All Together Yours, Mine and Ours? Better off, Not Done I Brake for Cemeteries Publishing Tip #1- So..You Want to Write a Book Publishing Tip #2- Chapter Formatting Publishing Tip #3- Bibliography & Sources The Sound of Their Voice Blanket Research Send your tips, hints, and comments here.