{"id":3991,"date":"2009-01-27T12:59:55","date_gmt":"2009-01-27T12:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geni.com\/blog\/?p=3991"},"modified":"2009-01-27T12:59:55","modified_gmt":"2009-01-27T12:59:55","slug":"gentips-research-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/gentips-research-resolutions-3991.html","title":{"rendered":"GenTips: Research Resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this post, Geni guest blogger and avid genealogist Lisa Alzo<\/a> helps you with your research resolutions for the new year.
<\/em>
The start of every New Year is a time for reflection about our personal and professional accomplishments during the previous 12 months. It's also the perfect opportunity to re-evaluate and identify areas for improvement. You can use the month of January to set some family history research
\nresolutions. Here are five possibilities:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Get Some Goals<\/strong> \u2013 Formulate one or more specific research goals. What do you want to learn? Your ancestor's marriage date? His spouses name? Finding great-grandpa's immigration date\/passenger list? Be as specific as possible.\n<\/li>\n
  2. Set Your Strategy<\/strong> \u2013 Record as much as you can from original documents and records. Include names and spelling variations, family relationships, dates of birth, marriage, and death. Make guesses about what you already know (estimate when your ancestors married; speculate on the spouses name; identify a range of possible immigration dates, etc.).\n<\/li>\n
  3. Seek Your Sources<\/strong> \u2013 Research which records will likely prove your hypotheses. Find out if they're available, where to get them, and in what format. List all options. Then, decide on the order in which you'll seek the records, and how to get them.\n<\/li>\n
  4. Document, Document, Document<\/strong> \u2013 It's often said that genealogy without documentation is mythology. Cite all of your sources carefully. For guidance, consult the Board for Certification of Genealogists Web site<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n
  5. Review, Revise, Recharge<\/strong> \u2013 Review notes from your family
    \nhistory conversations, your genealogical software, and collected documents. Then, make detailed notes, and add any new data to your charts. Revise\/update as necessary and make changes to your approach.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Bonus tip: 
    \n<\/span>Connect your family.  <\/span>Sign
    \nup with     Geni<\/a> to start building and sharing
    \nyour family tree!<\/p>\n

    You can set additional goals, but this list should get you
    \noff and running.<\/p>\n

    Resolve to make 2009 your most productive research year
    \never!<\/p>\n

    If you enjoyed this Genealogy Tip by Lisa please join us again in a
    \ncouple weeks for more. In the meantime, get out there and interview
    \nyour family members and preserve your family history on     Geni<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In this post, Geni guest blogger and avid genealogist Lisa Alzo helps you with your research resolutions for the new year.The start of every New Year is a time for reflection about our personal and professional accomplishments during the previous 12 months. It's also the perfect opportunity to re-evaluate and identify areas for improvement. You can use the month of January to set some family history research resolutions. Here are five possibilities: Get Some Goals… Read the full story<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3781],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genealogy-research"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3991"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3991\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}