Posts in November 22, 2021

Kicking ideas or pieces of information around can help us to see additional perspectives that might not be obvious otherwise. But there comes a time when one has to stop kicking around the individual pieces and start to see if there is any trend that appears. Our first organization approach may not be as successful as in the illustration. We may have to try multiple strategies before a clear picture emerges. Organizing information chronologically (in a timeline), geographically (on a contemporary map), by perceived reliability of record, by record type, etc. are all ways to sort details in hopes that trends are noticed after the sorting. There may be gaps in any organization. Your ancestor may not have left records during a decade of his life, some records […]