When you have reached a genealogical conclusion, it\u2019s always good to include the records, their citations, and the reasoning you used to reach that conclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s also good to track what something is \u201cnot\u201d along with the reasons why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A relative sent me a 1917 picture of my Newman ancestor that included her two living siblings at the time\u2013taken when the brother was celebrating his 50th wedding anniversary. There was writing on the back and she included a scan of that writing as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She then included what I felt was an important comment which essentially said \u201cI don\u2019t know whose writing this is on the back but it\u2019s not Mom\u2019s and it\u2019s not Grandma\u2019s.\u201d That was a good thing for me to know. The cousin would have recognized her mother\u2019s handwriting and knew her grandmother well enough to recognize her handwriting. Knowing whose writing it was not was helpful to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of course I would love to know whose handwriting it actually was\u2013but that may never be known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But sometimes just knowing what is \u201cnot\u201d is better than knowing nothing. And when you know what you don\u2019t know you should track how it is that you don\u2019t know it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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