3. The Research Process 1. Identify what you know. 2. Decide what you want to learn. 3. Select a record to search. 4. Find and search the record. 5. Use the information.
4. This time start with a letter Let’s start with something you have in your possession. The document has information The record causes you to ask questions Analyze the letter
6. 1. Identify what you know. Letter written in Payson, Utah Dated January 1959 Letter to Mrs. Young Widow of Ezra Bain Lewellen since 1933 Ezra son of James Harrison and Sarah Louisa Keeth Ezra’s mother sister of Mrs. Young’s deceased husband Signed Mrs. Lillian Lewellen Hancock
7. 2. Decide what you want to learn. Who was Mrs. Young? Who was Mrs. Young’s husband? When did he die? Who was his mother? Who was Lillian Lewellen Hancock? Does the information found in the letter match what you see on nFS?
16. 4. Obtain and search the records. Check the box of record from possible duplicates to compare Compare the 2 columns of the 2 records Click on any underlined name Compare all relationships of each underlined name Check the contributors – do you know any? What sources are attached to the records?
17. 5. Use the information. Decide if the same, combine Is this the correct person? Anything you add to nFS is instantly viewable by anyone registered.
18. Identify What You Know Letter written in Payson, Utah Dated January 1959 Letter to Mrs. Young Widow of Ezra Bain Lewellen since 1933 Ezra son of James Harrison and Sarah Louisa Keeth Ezra’s mother sister of Mrs. Young’s deceased husband Signed Mrs. Lillian Lewellen Hancock
19. What Do You Want To Learn? Who was Mrs. Young? Who was Mrs. Young’s husband? When did he die? Who was his mother? Who was Lillian Lewellen Hancock? Is the information about these people on nFS correct?
