Travel Log: #3--One Week and Counting
(note this post is part of a series of posts of my recent research trip to Des Moines, Iowa with my Dad)
After the hectic week I had last week, I begin this week by organizing everything I have and organizing my trip.
I have to organize where I want to go, what I want to find, and what I want to search.
I begin by taking all of my notes and questions and create one gigantic research log. I then cross reference the research log to family group sheets that contain all of the vital information I may need while I am in the trenches of the search! (I have learned that if I combine research logs and identifying information, the research logs become too cumbersome to use as a research tool. Thank you Rock Springs, Kemmerer, and Green River, Wyoming for the practice in location searches!)
I then want to put together a nice book for those family members I will meet and who will help me answer questions to further my research.
Finally, I copy everything I have made so my Dad can have a copy. If he is going to help me research he needs all of the information.
Stay tuned. . .
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