tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361643719072455990.post28748906986908070..comments2024-02-06T01:09:04.011-06:00Comments on Long Lost Relatives.net: Open Discussion Weekend - The Name's The SameSusan Petersenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02788283253544225956noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361643719072455990.post-82560325309942001832011-10-23T23:34:35.496-05:002011-10-23T23:34:35.496-05:00I guess I misunderstood the question. I thought it...I guess I misunderstood the question. I thought it was a two-parter: how to handle managing the research or "research approach" (what/how you research.)Patti Hobbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10652809089739694006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361643719072455990.post-29608273452468615082011-10-23T19:12:07.309-05:002011-10-23T19:12:07.309-05:00Better to copy than not; I keep everything like th...Better to copy than not; I keep everything like this that I copy in a subfolder called "Leads" within the family folder. When I have time, I look for common names in the FAN club.Greta Koehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429623811794360612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361643719072455990.post-30733873044446575252011-10-23T12:58:12.880-05:002011-10-23T12:58:12.880-05:00(it this shows up more than once, sorry--having tr...(it this shows up more than once, sorry--having trouble posting)<br /><br />I keep records called "Clues". Within surname folders and subfolders, I also use file naming conventions to help me. I use the person's name, a number (1, 2, 3, etc), and a question mark to indicate uncertainty about the connection. I don't have many paper records, so I just put everything in surname folders and use stickies for background notes. <br /><br />One of my great aunts was named Lucetta Murray and eventually I found records for a great-great aunt Lucetta. Then, in my search for my great-great-grandfather, I came across a third Lucetta Murray. I put the records in a "Clues" subfolder of my Murray folder. It now looks like the third Lucetta is my great-great aunt and, although I didn't know the connection, by keeping her records, fortuitously I was also keeping my 3x great-grandmother's records.Frances Elizabeth Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06318677841148391758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361643719072455990.post-55512749455868459362011-10-23T12:27:14.441-05:002011-10-23T12:27:14.441-05:00Susan,
I'm a saver when it comes to papers tha...Susan,<br />I'm a saver when it comes to papers that might apply to my family, especially if in the same town or area. Fortunately, I've plenty of space to keep the papers. When I analyze them years later, some are tossed, and some are new bits of usable information. If you can, save everything, but be sure to make notes on the file as to why and what you are doing before filing away.Barbara Poolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07440544740334032378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361643719072455990.post-4964354803968087562011-10-23T11:36:14.297-05:002011-10-23T11:36:14.297-05:00For work on the fly, copy the files, save in a fol...For work on the fly, copy the files, save in a folder on the hard drive so designated, like, Maybe Nortons. Name it whatever, just so you can find it.<br /><br />Also notes in the bio area on the name, like:<br /><br />Consider: 1920 census, timbucktoo, mr. norton, etc. with an extracted version<br /><br />Newspapers, always capture image, because OCR will frequently also give different results, even the very next day.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11754623831815018924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361643719072455990.post-36971635715868860812011-10-23T11:22:46.937-05:002011-10-23T11:22:46.937-05:00I check deeds. Particularly those deeds selling pr...I check deeds. Particularly those deeds selling property where the wife almost always has to relinquish her dower. It's been very rare, in the many instances where I've seen this, for the men of the same name to have wives of the same name. You also may be able to peg age categories from the census or ages from the tax rolls (when they first appeared; did they have property, where are they located). I also once hypothesized (for someone else) that two men of three of the same name in an area were actually the youngest two and not the oldest and middle who appeared in the church records because of when and with whom the middle joined the church, the actions of the church (one was a deacon and the other was disciplined), and the appearance of them in the tax rolls. None of that was proof of course. <br /><br />In this same instance, the three men of the same name appearing in one county was very close to the border of another county. The above-mentioned church was just across the border, and there was another man in that county with the same name. However, a probate record in that county indicated when that one had moved away which then helped to eliminate him from the mix.Patti Hobbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10652809089739694006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361643719072455990.post-23968739013899700132011-10-23T11:20:20.468-05:002011-10-23T11:20:20.468-05:00Great question - I have a number of "Grover B...Great question - I have a number of "Grover Buell" direct ancestors in CT (and many indirect) in my tree. And we won't talk about all the Henry & John Kuhn ancestors in PA! I tracked all the same-name people separately until I could eliminate them, then added NOTES to indicate the "not-my-direct-ancestors" details, including their children etc. to be sure of who's who. And I kept a red file folder full of their details/documents etc. so I wouldn't search yet again on that line. Makes for a dense tree in a few places, but more accurate and I certainly learned more about research as I went along!! Cheers.Celia Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04096301290962083820noreply@blogger.com