I first read and transcribed the 1812 will of James Rampley in Harford County, Maryland, when I was sixteen years old. I don’t think I have looked at the entire will in over twenty-five years. Today I read the entire document.
And there were at least five good clues that I missed in that early reading of the document because there were many things I didn’t know about research, the law, inheritance, and the family at that point in time.
Do you have something that you’ve not read in ages?
Could there be unused clues in that document?
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Yes! Almost everything! As I’ve been updating my 11th generation binder I see lots of stuff I saved and never looked at it again. Most are computer files because they are so easy to pass by. Back in the day I purposely left stacks of papers on the corner of my desk so that when they crashed to the floor I’d be forced to look at them.
That is one way to make yourself look at things–my fear would be that they would all fall in an unorganized mess.