Posts in November 6, 2015

The biography of an ancestor lists his ten known children. Based upon extant records, it appears the first three are listed in order of birth. Using their known years of birth I concluded all ten children were listed in order of age and have used that as the “birth order” for the children in the ancestor’s family. In my research notes, I have explained why I chose the birth order for the children that I did.  Years later, I may wonder why I listed them in that particular order and if I don’t notate my reason I probably won’t remember.