Getting Started - Family History Strategies - Part 3

 

This is the 3rd in a series of getting started on family history.
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Understanding the typical time lines often helps you to estimate in a practical way to  discover facts about your ancestors.

Use a fact/date to approximate or estimate other events.

For example:

• Usually the first child was born 1 year after the marriage.
• Most women married about the age of 21
• A man usually married about the age of 25
• Siblings often had similar life spans
• People sometimes gave the name of a child that died as an infant to the next child.

This type of thinking makes you the number 1 best detective. It is most helpful in defining the search years you in put in your search parameters, thus refining the options you have to pour through.