I'm writing this post on Memorial Day weekend, so thinking about soldiers and sailors -- and the records of their service -- is part of my holiday tradition. If it's also part of your tradition, you've made a head start on our June assignment.
- Choose a military record that intrigues you. Here are a few examples: a draft registration or its associated documents; an affidavit from a pension application; an enlistment or discharge paper; a final payment; a medical record; a military tombstone application. This is just a tiny fraction of the possibilities in the world of military records.
- Enter the information derived from the record in your TMG database.
- Did you abstract or transcribe the document?
- Did you add a scanned image of the document as an exhibit?
- Did you need to create a custom tag?
- Don't forget your source citation!
- What source type template did you use?
- Did you have any problems citing the source?
- Write a narrative at least two paragraphs in length.
- In what type of article would your narrative be appropriate: family history, research report, or proof argument?
Remember this year's goals.
- We want to develop the habit of analyzing each record we use, and not just enter each information bit without thinking about its meaning.
- We want to make conscious decisions on what data we want to enter into TMG, how we enter that data, and how we will use that data in our research.
- We want to develop the habit of writing research reports and real family histories, not just printing out pedigree charts and family group sheets.
- We want to make TMG fit our research needs and goals. We don't want to make our research practices fit TMG.
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