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From: "Christy Fillerup" <>
Subject: Re: [TGF] Robert/Albin
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:23:19 -0700
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Cheryl,

Would you be willing to share an example with me? It sounds like a very
useful tool indeed.

Thanks!
Christy

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Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: [TGF] Robert/Albin


>
> Jill:
>
> The way I try to solve mysteries in my own family research is to build a
> detailed time line on the individual in question. I include information
> on
> known siblings, parents, children, events of the time period, etc. with
> source citations for every fact I have entered in the time line. I also
> include the date the individual appears in each census record, deed
> records,
> mortgages, etc.
>
>
>
> What happens is that I can see what is lacking, or what is glaring at
> me!
> Usually, this ends up pointing me to search other records I may not have
> thought about before.
>
>
>
> Recently, I constructed a time line on my great-grandmother and saw what
> I
> needed to do. I accessed the coroner's inquest file on her husband and
> was
> able to see tesitmony of the those who were were witnesses. This shed a
> whole new light on the situation and answered some questions I had!
>
>
>
> It is iexciting to see where these timelines lead me. I am willing to
> send
> you a sample of what I am talking about if you wish.
>
>
>
> Don't give up!
>
>
>
> Cheryl Miller Proctor
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Jill --
> Penitentiary records, if available, can be quite detailed.
> Also, in a complex situation like this where there is obviously a lot of
> noise in the data, it might really help to systematically write up
> what you have, as if for a client. You may know something you don't
> realize
> you know. Go whole hog -- make tables of different spellings and
> document
> how they have in fact varied, ditto with ages and years, so that you can
> pinpoint the contradictions and try to explain them or see how to get
> more
> data on them. (I'll read the report if you write it!)
> In the end there's no substitute for either a record or a solid chain of
> reasoning that connects Robert/Albin to your uncle's father.
> Whether it will convince your uncle is another issue!
> Harold
>
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