{"id":8411,"date":"2022-01-07T13:02:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T11:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/?p=8411"},"modified":"2023-01-11T11:53:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T09:53:16","slug":"golden-rules-of-genealogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/golden-rules-of-genealogy\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden rules of genealogy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Roaming the internet I came across these websites with interesting advice for us.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Rules are often thought of as something negative, so let us rethink these rules and look at them as advice. You will find that much of the advice is repeated in the different links below. Still, it&#8217;s always good to get things repeated with a little different wording. A lot of these are things I wish I knew back when I was getting started in genealogy.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, no one is going to arrest us for breaking any of these rules. Find those that apply to you.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zxyImoJeGC\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/organizeyourfamilyhistory.com\/12-golden-rules-of-genealogy\/\">12 Golden Rules of Genealogy<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;12 Golden Rules of Genealogy&#8221; &#8212; Organize Your Family History\" src=\"https:\/\/organizeyourfamilyhistory.com\/12-golden-rules-of-genealogy\/embed\/#?secret=Odc9DwPAer#?secret=zxyImoJeGC\" data-secret=\"zxyImoJeGC\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>From Alona in the blog <strong>Lonetester HQ<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8421\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/golden-rules-of-genealogy\/rule-g0a67a817f_640\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/rule-g0a67a817f_640.png?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rule-g0a67a817f_640\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/rule-g0a67a817f_640.png?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-8421\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/rule-g0a67a817f_640.png?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/rule-g0a67a817f_640.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/rule-g0a67a817f_640.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/rule-g0a67a817f_640.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><a title=\"27 Golden Rules of GenealogyPermanent Link to \" href=\"https:\/\/www.lonetester.com\/2014\/12\/27-golden-rules-of-genealogy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\">27 Golden Rules of Genealogy<\/a><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><em>Thomas MacEntee:<\/em><\/h5>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/genealogybargains.com\/the-genealogy-do-over-my-golden-rules-of-genealogy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Genealogy Do-Over: Golden Rules I Use to Pursue Genealogy and Family History Research<\/a><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Cairns and District Family History have some wise rules to remember when working on your genealogy.<\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"\/\/cdfhs.org\/resources\/golden-rules-of-genealogy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Golden Rules of Genealogy<\/a><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Kassandra Morrison in the blog &#8220;Me for the World to see&#8221;<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"entry-title\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><a style=\"color: #00ccff;\" href=\"https:\/\/meforhteworldtosee.wordpress.com\/2020\/03\/21\/gdo1-my-golden-rules-of-genealogy\/\">My Golden Rules of\u00a0Genealogy<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This article didn&#8217;t get as well organized as I wanted it to be. 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