From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Jul 23 21:40:47 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k6O3eljb001900; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 21:40:47 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6O3eiJA026956 for ; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 21:40:44 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k6O12QFI012497 for ; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 21:02:26 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k6O12QFu012496 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 21:02:26 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k6NKUGFI011939 for ; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:30:16 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k6NN8NpI023854 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:08:23 -0600 X-Envelope-From: adamss74@msn.com Sun Jul 23 17:08:23 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k6NN8Njb023843 for ; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:08:23 -0600 Received: from bay0-omc1-s1.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc1-s1.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.73]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6NN8KFJ032516 for ; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:08:20 -0600 Received: from hotmail.com ([65.54.161.86]) by bay0-omc1-s1.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:08:16 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:08:16 -0700 Message-ID: Received: from 71.34.212.33 by BAY106-DAV14.phx.gbl with DAV; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 23:08:11 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [71.34.212.33] X-Originating-Email: [adamss74@msn.com] X-Sender: adamss74@msn.com From: "SUE ADAMS" To: Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:08:11 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.20.0029.3000 Seal-Send-Time: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:08:11 -0700 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Jul 2006 23:08:16.0638 (UTC) FILETIME=[E16EC9E0:01C6AEAC] X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] documentation/verification of records How many records and what type do you use to verify genealogy? I have several lines which go back several generations. I'm afraid to start searching at the ends, without verifying the original lines. As a newbie, I'm also not sure what to use as verification, beyond census records, or birth/death/marriage/probate records. If I were trying to verify one name, what steps would I go through? Would I search census in several years, then check vital records, or church records? What do I ask myself? (Does this record list the same amount of siblings, same parents, same country/county?) Country records for probate or land records? It seems like I could be tied up in verification for years, without pushing on into new territory. How do I balance new search and verification? Have a set amount of time for each? Any help or advice will be appreciated. Sue Adams adamss74@msn.com