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The Research Process within nFS

Discover how to leverage New FamilySearch (nFS) to uncover your family history! This guide breaks down the research process into five simple steps: identify your existing knowledge, determine your research goals, select relevant records to search, conduct thorough searches, and effectively utilize the gathered information. Using a letter from January 1959 as a case study, we’ll explore how to gather insights on family members, analyze records for accuracy, and connect with your ancestral roots. Start your genealogy journey today!

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The Research Process within nFS

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  1. ‘I have never tried to find my ancestors, How can the new FamilySearch help me?’ The Research Process within nFS

  2. The New FamilySearch (nFS)

  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

  5. You Possess a 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?

  8. “Pedigree Analysis” • What do I already know? • What does this suggest?

  9. 3. Select records to search. • Search Lillian Lewellen Hancock on nFS

  10. Refine search if necessary

  11. Analyze the available recordsWhat matches?

  12. Were your expectations met?

  13. 3. Select records to search. • Select Lillian Eva Lewellen’s record to see more on her mother • A • B • Click on her mother to view her record

  14. 3. Select records to search. • View her spouses

  15. View her spouses

  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?

  20. Select Record(s) to Search

  21. Obtain and Search the Record • Show Lillian • Pedigree to parent of Sarah to show descendants • Analyze nFS data with information from letter

  22. Family Tree Descendants

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