Stopping because you have located one record is never a good idea. By keeping on going, I discovered that an ancestor was divorced from the same man not once, but twice. By keeping on going, I also discovered that another relative’s first marriage “didn’t happen” and they were actually married two years later. Combine these unusual circumstances with the occasional record that gets entered or indexed late and you have even more reason to look for entries or documents “after you think you should.”
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Wonderful reasons I never even thought of for continuing. Earlier in my research I couldn’t imagine why u would suggest such a thing. Now I know why. Thank u 4 prodding thoses who don’t get it in the beginning.
Your advice also applies when looking for obituaries. I found one that was published shortly after an elderly family member passed away in the 1880s, so I stopped looking, thinking that I was lucky to find it. A cousin kept looking and found a more detailed obit published a week later.
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