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RLP 184: Revisiting Research Objectives Again

The Research Like a Pro Genealogy Podcast

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Doing a Dna Project Is a Good Idea

When writing your objective, it's important to include specific details about the person or research subject. And this is really important with dna research, because if we try to do everything all at once, the traditional research will quickly get bogged down. I have defined those in the book as identity relationships and ancestor actions - which kind of go right along with genealogy standards. Identity is, of course, key in genealogy. We're always trying to figure out who this person is in the record. Is it our ancestor, or is it another person of the same name? That is where we run into so many problems on h ancestry family trees. It takes some time to differentiate people.

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