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From YouTube: Genealogy Series: Lesson 5
Description
This five-part series is designed for beginners interested in learning how to start researching their family history. Each episode will premiere on the third Tuesday of the month and will take you through some of the basic steps in genealogy and provide you with simple exercises that you can try from home to practice what you learn.
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All
too
often,
newer,
genealogists
don't
record
their
sources
either
because
they
don't
recognize
the
importance
or
they're
so
worried
about
doing
it
correctly,
that
they
don't
do
it
at
all,
instead
think
of
it
just
as
a
basic
part
of
your
working
notes,
something
that
you're
recording
just
for
yourself
and
you
can
always
go
back
later
and
fix
it
into
the
proper
format.
Once
you
learn
how
the
idea
is
to
record
enough
about
the
sources
of
the
facts
that
you
find
so
that
you
can
easily
find
them
again
later.
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You
find
a
record,
and
you
record
one
piece
of
information
that
you're
looking
for
then
later
in
your
research.
You
realize
that
there
may
be
other
information
on
that
record.
That
can
be
helpful
to
your
research.
So
you
need
to
find
that
record
again
in
order
to
look
at
all
the
information
it
might
be
able
to
provide
citations
also
help
you
to
evaluate
the
information
that
you
find.
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Also,
citations
help
show
both
yourself
and
others.
The
quality
and
thoroughness
of
your
research
think
about
the
elements
of
a
source
citation
as
a
series
of
five
questions
at
this
point.
Don't
worry
too
much
about
what
order
they
may
appear
in
on
the
final
formal
citation
just
make
sure
that
you
address
each
of
the
five
questions.
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The
first
is
who
who
created
the
record
or
the
collection
set
in
a
published
work.
This
would
be
the
author
if
the
record
was
created
by
somebody
as
part
of
their
job,
then
the
agency,
such
as
a
county,
clerk's
office
or
a
church
or
whatever
organization
that
person
was
working
for,
would
be
the
author
be
aware
that
the
author
is
not
always
identifiable
and
may
or
may
not
be
part
of
the
final
citation.
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It
may
be
the
name
of
a
record
collection
if
you
found
that
online,
if
it
doesn't
have
a
formal
name,
then
use
a
description
that
would
help
to
identify
it.
For
example,
if
you
had
a
marriage
certificate
in
your
own
personal
collection
that
you
were
using
as
a
source,
then
you
would
use
a
title
that
described
that
such
as
marriage
certificate
of
john
smith
and
mary
brown,
the
idea
is
to
have
enough
information
to
identify
what
it
is
that
you
were
looking
at.
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Wherein
would
be
what
page
you
were
looking
at
when
you
found
the
information
that
you're
citing,
for
example,
if
you
were
using
information
about
john
alden
from
this
source,
you
would
cite
the
page
number
that
you
found
that
information
on
now.
Let's
look
at
a
record.
That's
part
of
a
set
of
online
images
for
this
demonstration,
we'll
use
the
albert
einstein
passenger
list
that
we
looked
at
in
the
previous
lesson.
A
A
I
also
want
to
point
out
that
on
that
page,
you
would
be
able
to
find
a
link
to
browse
through
that
collection
of
images,
just
as
if
you
were
turning
page
by
page
through
the
original
ledger,
we'll
talk
just
a
moment
about
when
that
can
be
important
for
now.
Let's
click
on
the
image
in
order
to
bring
that
page
up,
the
citation
that
I
just
pointed
out
was
for
the
record
set
as
a
whole.
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A
This
is
just
the
tip
of
the
iceberg
when
it
comes
to
creating
citations,
and
there
is
much
more
to
learn.
However,
there
are
a
number
of
different
books
and
websites
that
can
be
helpful
on
learning
how
to
create
citations,
particularly
those
that
are
intended
for
people
using
citations
as
part
of
a
school
report.
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In
the
five
brief
lessons
that
made
up
this
series,
I
barely
scratched
the
surface
of
all.
There
is
to
learn
about
doing
genealogy
research.
However,
there
are
many
different
resources
out
there
that
can
help
you
learn
more
among
them.
Are
the
family
search
research,
wiki,
the
ancestry
academy
from
the
ancestry.com
website,
the
new
england,
historic
genealogical
society,
the
national
genealogical
society,
the
national
archives
and
the
legacy
family
tree
webinars
website.
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Unfortunately,
these
forms
are
not
designed
for
keeping
detailed
notes
and
using
only
paper
can
quickly
become
cumbersome.
However,
with
genealogy
software,
you
can
grow
your
tree
as
large
as
you
want.
You
can
keep
detailed
notes
record
many
different
facts
for
your
ancestor:
keep
track
of
source
citations,
generate
reports
and
much
more
expect.
The
unexpected
finding
surprises
in
your
family
tree
is
part
of
the
fun
of
doing
genealogy,
however,
always
keep
in
mind
that
some
of
the
surprises
may
not
be
as
welcome
as
others
gather
the
stories
and
your
family's
history
before
it's
lost.