{"id":30047,"date":"2025-10-03T08:42:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T13:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=30047"},"modified":"2025-10-03T08:42:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T13:42:28","slug":"they-simply-cannot-remember","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/03\/they-simply-cannot-remember\/","title":{"rendered":"They Simply Cannot Remember"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Witnesses and informants frequently can\u2019t remember specific dates of events. It\u2019s possible that they:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"963\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cannot-remember.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cannot-remember.jpg 963w, https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cannot-remember-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cannot-remember-768x308.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>never knew them in the first place;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>are lying for one reason or another;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>honestly cannot remember.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It can be difficult sometimes to tell which and it\u2019s best to avoid rushing to judgement. Use any dates in the document itself to establish some broad time frame for when the event could have taken place. Be certain to cite the source and include the name of the known or probable informant. The information can\u2019t be analyzed if you don\u2019t know who gave the information and the circumstances under which it was given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are excited to offer these two genealogy classes starting in the next few days. Check out details about our offerings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/conta.cc\/46JPSCW\">AI for Genealogy\u2013geared towards the beginner<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/conta.cc\/3KwjEn7\">Organizing Genealogy Information<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Witnesses and informants frequently can\u2019t remember specific dates of events. It\u2019s possible that they: It can be difficult sometimes to tell which and it\u2019s best to avoid rushing to judgement. Use any dates in the document itself to establish some broad time frame for when the event could have taken place. Be certain to cite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153979,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153979"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30047\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}