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RLP 247: RLP with DNA 9- Research Planning

The Research Like a Pro Genealogy Podcast

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How to Write a Hypothesis

The hypothesis step is something that was pretty new to me as a beginning genealogist. After you practice several times, it really becomes such a key element of research planning. So if you don't have an actual person named in your hypothesis, you can use deduction and logic to create a rough hypothesis. For example, who were Jacob Houghmaster's parents? He was born in 1812 in North Carolina. And he gave several children the middle name of Miller, which isn't a surname from his wife's side of the family. Search for a Miller Houghmaster marriage before 1812 in Craven County, North Carolina.

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