{"id":1703,"date":"2012-02-17T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T13:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.wordpress.com\/2012\/02\/17\/find-their-shoes-and-put-them-on"},"modified":"2012-02-17T13:12:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-17T13:12:00","slug":"find-their-shoes-and-put-them-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/2012\/02\/17\/find-their-shoes-and-put-them-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Find Their Shoes and Put Them On"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you have “lost” your ancestor at a certain point in time, put yourself in their shoes and see if it generates any ideas or leads. Think about:<\/p>\n
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their age when you’ve “lost” them.<\/li>\n
what “stage” were they at in their life-newly married, lots of children, “empty nester,” etc.?<\/li>\n
what economic advantages did they have?<\/li>\n
what economic limitations did they have?<\/li>\n
who were they responsible for?<\/li>\n
how “easy” was it to just “pick up and move?”<\/li>\n
could “family problems” have impacted their decisions?<\/li>\n
did they move or associate with members of their extended family–either relatives by blood or marriage?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
And so on. No one operates in a vacuum.\u00a0<\/div>\n