New Year, New Research

The last week has been a whirlwind of activity for many. If you were fortunate enough to have free time to work on your research, I am envious.  I have attempted to not let this hobby totally monopolize my time to the extent that it takes away from family and activities, though I assure you it does much of the time. 
New Year's Resolutions are not really my thing. But this year, I've said that I'm forming new goals for myself in regards to prioritizing my genealogy life. One goal is to be more effective in keeping my research plan and my research log well written. In the past, I've employed the "Do as I say not as I do" method. I often advise budding investigators to Make a Plan and log their results to repeat the process. I'm very bad about doing that for my own work. 

I think the fact that I've researched a long time and am comfortable enough with my own tree that I don't feel like that really needs to be a priority. However, what if (heaven forbid) something happens and someone takes over my research? They'll be repeating what I'm doing and probably be very frustrated with me about not keeping track. 

This year - I'm making research plans for every question I have. I will also use an effective research log method to keep track of what I confirm AND disprove when I'm researching. (You can check out thousands of helpful forms by googling Genealogy Forms & Charts, but I've included one I have recently found by Memories In Time. Just click the image and see if what they have will help you!)

What goals do you have for the New Year in regards to your genealogy research? Get out there and make your Adventures In Genealogy effective and efficient! 

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