When research in the United States gets back beyond a certain point, records are fewer and less likely to make direct statements. It is important to remember that any conclusion reached when the records are not clear may need to be revised if new information comes to light. Keep your mind open to the chance that you may be incorrect or may have not looked at all the records. Never assume that your initial “hunch” is Gospel Truth.
A reader on another social media forum commented on fellow “genealogists” who ask for “everything” and how that can be frustrating. Made me think that for some families, I may not even know all of the “everything” I actually have–we all have things we have forgotten we had or never even realized we had in the first place. Might mean it’s time to take a good and serious inventory of what I have.
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