I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed...I've been "collecting names" for the past few months, since I started my journey in genealogy. I've subscribed to Ancestry.com, Footnote.com and several other subscription sites, but I feel I'm all over the place with my searches and my "discoveries" (or lack thereof).
So, I've decided to go back to the beginning and am "starting over". I didn't really document the way I should have the first time, so I know I'm going to be going over a lot of the same ground. Hence, I WILL be documenting my searches and sources much better the second time around. I'm also creating Timelines for each family member. I find this has really helped me to determine if an ancestor is really an ancestor. I have determined that two lines of Great-Great Grandparents are somewhat iffy by using this method, so in my restart, I am going to pay a lot more attention to ALL of the details.
I know, I know...I should have been doing this from the start, but I think I made all of the typical beginner mistakes.
As I stated in my original post, I hope that this is going to be the repository of all my finds/data, so I will post soon with what I've confirmed.
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