The cat didn’t mean to, but he was the “thought prompt” for today’s tip–which is reprinted from 2014.

Are you breaking your research down into smaller tasks? Achieving your goal in one step may simply not be possible. And if researching a family seems like a project which you will never finish, consider focusing on one person or one problem at a time and not be concerned with getting “it all done” right away. Ask yourself what one little thing can I do today to help me solve my genealogy problem?

After all, Sammie got on the kitchen counter one step at a time.

And your ancestor migrated from one place to another one step at a time as well. What was the most logical route to travel, where might he have stayed for a short time, and where might he have left records?

Your ancestor may have ended up on the counter, but he may have left a trail in several other places.

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6 Responses

  1. Love Sammie! Researching our ancestors can become just too over whelming at times. Thanks for reminding us to take it one step at a time.

  2. I think that is absolutely wonderful advice. Sometimes I have found more information by taking it slow with just one person at a time or same person in different time or place. Has made huge difference in what has come up. Thank you so much. All ur advice is good, but sometimes the advice comes just as I need to be reminded.or it comes in the Nick of time.

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