This was another excellent session. It is so helpful to watch the thought and research process. I do have a question though...why didn't you look at the hints on Ancestry to see if there was information to add to your timeline before you determined the working hypothesis?
Hi Catherine, I think it may be because Nicole had done some prior research on this family, so maybe she already knew what was and wasn't in the hints.
For this example, I was using known information that I already had when I did the timeline. Sometimes I will look at information published in trees when I make the timeline but not always the hints. That's definitely up to you and can enhance the timeline and help you form a better hypothesis. I wanted to focus this session on the research side, and since I already had my hypothesis from the trees of DNA matches, I decided to spend very little time on the timeline. Good suggestion!
Just in time for my ProGen assignment! Thank you for this!
Good to hear! You're welcome!
This was another excellent session. It is so helpful to watch the thought and research process. I do have a question though...why didn't you look at the hints on Ancestry to see if there was information to add to your timeline before you determined the working hypothesis?
Hi Catherine, I think it may be because Nicole had done some prior research on this family, so maybe she already knew what was and wasn't in the hints.
For this example, I was using known information that I already had when I did the timeline. Sometimes I will look at information published in trees when I make the timeline but not always the hints. That's definitely up to you and can enhance the timeline and help you form a better hypothesis. I wanted to focus this session on the research side, and since I already had my hypothesis from the trees of DNA matches, I decided to spend very little time on the timeline. Good suggestion!
@@nedyer Thanks Nicole. Makes sense.
Crazy! I am like really close to Carroll, KY. Small world!
Oh wow! Very cool!