This was another excellent session. It is so helpful to watch the thought and research process. I do have a question though...why didn't you look at the hints on Ancestry to see if there was information to add to your timeline before you determined the working hypothesis?
Hi Catherine, I think it may be because Nicole had done some prior research on this family, so maybe she already knew what was and wasn't in the hints.
For this example, I was using known information that I already had when I did the timeline. Sometimes I will look at information published in trees when I make the timeline but not always the hints. That's definitely up to you and can enhance the timeline and help you form a better hypothesis. I wanted to focus this session on the research side, and since I already had my hypothesis from the trees of DNA matches, I decided to spend very little time on the timeline. Good suggestion!
Love the concept here. Pausing to mention Find a Grave proof. My Find a Grave people are inaccurate.
Thank you and for your comment here too!
Just in time for my ProGen assignment! Thank you for this!
Good to hear! You're welcome!
Crazy! I am like really close to Carroll, KY. Small world!
Oh wow! Very cool!
This was another excellent session. It is so helpful to watch the thought and research process. I do have a question though...why didn't you look at the hints on Ancestry to see if there was information to add to your timeline before you determined the working hypothesis?
Hi Catherine, I think it may be because Nicole had done some prior research on this family, so maybe she already knew what was and wasn't in the hints.
For this example, I was using known information that I already had when I did the timeline. Sometimes I will look at information published in trees when I make the timeline but not always the hints. That's definitely up to you and can enhance the timeline and help you form a better hypothesis. I wanted to focus this session on the research side, and since I already had my hypothesis from the trees of DNA matches, I decided to spend very little time on the timeline. Good suggestion!
@@nedyer Thanks Nicole. Makes sense.