A genealogist needs to act like they are three years old sometimes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That does not mean having a tantrum at the vital records clerk when you are denied access to your third cousin’s birth certificate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That means asking “why?” when you read something in a record, you learn that your ancestor did something, or you find a new spelling of an ancestral name? Why did they put that down as a wrong place of birth? Why did my ancestor move to Ohio in 1817? Why did the name get spelled that unusual way? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Questioning gets you thinking and thinking usually is good for your research. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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