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Research Ideas Log and Research Log

Each couple’s file should include a Research Ideas Log and Research Log. I keep mine at the back of the files so I can locate them quickly. Alternatively these sections can be a part of the Notes for each person in your genealogy software. The notes of a pedigree analysis can go in the ancestor’s file. The ideas for research so generated can be placed on the Research Ideas Log and be acted upon as convenient. When you have accessed a source and searched it, write this in the Research Log as having been completed, together with a note as to whether it was successful or not. Keep generating ideas until you eventually solve each puzzle.

The Research Ideas Log is a compilation of your ideas on further sources to search, as in the example from my agnatic line shown in the following chart.

Research Ideas Log for: William & Mary Ann Gardner INFORMATION NEEDED	WHERE TO SEARCH	RESULT Death date William	1851 census Stratford, West Ham, Essex	Wife widow thus before 30 Mar 1851 Death date William	1841 census Stratford, West Ham, Essex	Wife widow thus before 6 Jun 1841 Death date William	GRO indexes 1841 2Q and back to 3Q 1837	Not present, perhaps before 1 Jul 1837 Burial date William	All Saints, West Ham 1837 and back	Found 4 Jun 1837 The Research Log is a list of all the work you have done on this family, as in this chart.

Research Log for: William & Mary Ann Gardner Date Research Done	Source Consulted	Result 6 Jul 1985	1851 census Stratford, West Ham, Essex	Mary Ann a widow 12 Aug 1985	1841 census Stratford, West Ham, Essex	Mary Ann a widow 20 Aug 1985	GRO Death indexes 3Q 1837 - 2Q 1841	No death William GARDNER in West Ham 1 Oct 1985	Burials, All Saints, West Ham	Buried 4 Jun 1837 age 34

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