Strategy #2
Record source information for what you find when you find it.
It’s not enough to enter the information into your database, you need to make note of where you got it.
In The Beginning Times...once when I found a primary record that completely contradicted information that I had previously entered into my database, I was stumped as to which “fact” was correct because I had failed to document my source of the original information. I later found a sticky note that revealed it had come from a great aunt with a less than pristine memory. Armed with documented proof of the true facts, I corrected my family tree and vowed to sourcing each “fact” as it surfaced.
Learn from my mistake grasshopper...
