Trace Your Caribbean Ancestors: How to Formulate a Research Question
Channel: Island Ancestors
Date: 2021-10-28

Tracing your Caribbean Ancestors requires patience. Clearly defined research questions help you stay focused each time you research.

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Use the strategies and hints in this video to get results by adding structure to your research as you climb your Caribbean Family Tree. 

🕰  Content
Be Specific 01:10
Scoping Your Search (Time, Location, Person) 1:23
Information Types 2:12
Keeping Research Notes 2:51
Research Question Components 3:26
Using Your Research Question to Target Your Search 4:00
Staying Focused 5:08
Information Types (Primary and Secondary) 5:50
Source Types (Original and Derivative) 7:22 
Putting it Together 8:30

🎥  Why I do Genealogy: https://youtu.be/V6qCc8uhVkA
🎥  How to Get Started: https://youtu.be/8DyCYjmxr7A

📚 Resources 
Guy Grannum: Tracing Your Caribbean Ancestors
https://tinyurl.com/GrannumAncestry
https://grannum.wordpress.com

Southwark Libraries: Tracing your Caribbean family
https://www.southwark.gov.uk/libraries/southwark-archives/tracing-your-caribbean-family

Family Search Wiki
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Main_Page

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