Every event in your ancestor’s life takes place in context. If your ancestor does something on a specific date, there may be other people doing that same thing on that same date: other couples marrying on the same date as your ancestor may be relatives or close friends other individuals naturalizing on the same day as your ancestor may be relatives, friends, or associates men who deserted the army on the same date as your ancestor may have had a connection to him people who died on the same date as your ancestor may have had the same contagious illness and so on. The commonality of the date may mean nothing. It may also be significant. Just don’t ignore it. Looking for “same day people” is an excellent way to […]
Before a document or record causes your research to spring forward into other sources or people, consider doing the following: read the entire document; make certain you understand all terms; ask yourself “have I made any incorrect assumptions?” make certain the records you have are really on the same person; give yourself some time to let the new discovery “sink in.”
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