Since beginning my family history research back in 1990, I have done my best to accomplish the following:
{1} Accuracy - make sure all of those people in the tree belong there!
[2] Proper documentation - make sure every fact is documented accurately.
[3] Multiple sources, whenever possible - use more than one source per fact, when available. Sometimes one source is a blessing!!
[4] Fleshing out families - collateral ancestors can be vital in finding information on direct ancestors.
[5] Get each family back to the mother country - tricky when you have trouble locating surnames of some female ancestors
The first four are crucial to successful research. The fifth may not be attainable if your ancestors arrived in America in colonial times, but it's a goal none the less - especially for a bull-headed researcher.
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