Thoughts or suggestions on streamlining the process? I’m going to try it for a while and see how it goes. I’d also like to include all “negative” facts that I’ve disproved and research notes so I’ll have to look into that and make some plans. The idea is that these are the rough drafts and when I’ve “verified” a “fact” it can be added to the database. Then What?Įventually, I hope that all of this information will be synthesized and added to my database.
Here’s a table listing all the possible birth dates/locations for my Grandmother, the records where I may find the entries and the results of my search.
Right now I have a general log for the whole family but I may divide this up by “fact.”įinally, I’ll include any notes at the end. Hopefully this will help me keep track of everything and not redo unnecessary work or waste time figuring out what to do next. This will list all of the research I’ve done, date, location, and result. The next item in each family tab is the research log. I haven’t quite decided how I’ll handle information organization for the other siblings post marriage (maybe another binder?). So for example, I am descended through their eldest daughter Lindalva, who along with her husband are tab #2. This binder is just for the direct line research. All the kids information would remain here until they are married – then they’d get their own tab. So any birth information or other “facts” for the parents from prior to their marriage would go into the tab for their parents’ family. The plan is to go through and verify or reject all the “facts” and add as much information to each family group before moving backward in time.Įach family group “starts” at the date of marriage for the parents, so in this case OR (looks like I’ll need to do some research here!). I’m sure that not all of this is correct, thus the reset. The family group sheet comes first and I printed it out with all the information I have in my RootsMagic database.
Here’s what is behind tab #4 – The Joaquim Pedro DA SILVA family. I also have a spiral notebook for random notes as I do the research. As you can see, I don’t have a lot of information for this side of the family as research in Brazil is difficult! Each number (1-16) has it’s own divider where I’ll place all the notes associated with the research for that family group. The first page is a pedigree chart where I’ve added numbers for each family group. I’ve made a binder for my mother’s side of the tree and my father’s side of the tree. Here’s what I’ve come up with for keeping track of my current research…basically its just a binder with a bit of organization.
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