I know that you know that I know that we know we need to be accurate that's a lot
of knowledge today we're gonna talk about how we know what we know when
we're researching
Howdy I'm Devon Noel Lee and this is Family History Fanatics
where we teach you how to climb your family tree and have a whole lot of fun
along the way
if you watched a previous video we talked about how to become a
better researcher and we do that by writing quality research questions
now what
that should be your next question and that's what we're going to talk
about today
what do we do once we have written our quality research question in
a previous video I have talked about the power of peer review and why you should
be doing it be sure to click this info card that will flash up on your screen
to go to that video or check the description and I'll have a link for
that for you after you finish watching this video
but essentially you need to go back and peer review the research of others or yourself
To begin a peer review of yourself
you have to double check the trigger that created your research question
So remember in the previous video we talked about a simple
research question when and where was Christian born and then we beefed it up
by giving specifics
And we said that his trigger was his marriage certificate and
then I showed you a clue web of how I pieced together bits of information that
I knew so that Christopher Christian Hoppe so that when I got to an
answer and knew I was looking at the right individual
now it's time to recheck my work
to review what I know how do I know that he's the father of
these children and he married Anna Margaretha Karlsberger
in Franklin County Ohio in that date
well the trigger as I said before was a marriage certificate
This does say Christian Hoppe and we have
have Margaret Karlsberger
now the thing is
Sometimes people actually prefer and use
their middle name rather than their first names
Thus it isn't too strange to not see Anna Margaretha Karlsberger
instead of seeing Margaretha or a variation of Margaret
But how did I get to this marriage certificate
which triggered the question when and where was Christian born?
Aha! Now I'm gonna peer-review myself
Can you do that?
It is important to realize that your path
to get to your research question
can help you in your research
you need to know how you know what you know
I actually started this research project
by looking at the Geisler family photo album
This woman right here is Margaret, Magdalena Margaretha Hoppe
who married into the Geisler line
this was her photo album
And in her photo albums she had
a picture of her brother Christian
and her sister Anna Margaretha
who is named after her mother
Anna Margaretha surname Karlsberger
who'd married Hoppe
Whew, I hope you can keep up with that
My question.
My path to the question began with
I know that Anna Margaretha Karlsberger
is the mother of three children
And those three children have two last name Hoppe
So those two children are: Christian, Marguerite and Anna
that's just from the photo album
what did I come up with next
in order to determine that Anna married a Christian
because Christian isn't in this photo album
The father Christian, not the son Christian Christopher
Well I found a death certificate for Magdalena Margaretta Geiszler
and her maiden name is Hoppe
And we figured that out because the father's
name is that Christopher Hoppe
And he's from Germany
Ooh I already have an answer to my question
mmm
but wait a minute the mother's name is
Margaretha Culp?
You guys
For years I only saw this death certificate
and I searched and searched and searched for a Culp
and I couldn't find one
But then I went to the family photo album
and saw the names written by
this woman Magdalena
and the names she gave her siblings and her mother
There never was a Culp
We have a video about what do you trust in death records
and I highly recommend that you [watch] that
But we're gonna go ahead and make note of the fact that there was
this Culp discrepancy
So I had a photo album
and I had a death certificate
How did I get to the father and mother's marriage certificate
Well in genealogy we always want to look for more and more evidence
And I know that there was an Anna Margaretha Hoppe
who probably married somebody
So if I search for the siblings
maybe their death records will give me [dates] and birth places for daddy
Well I went and gathered more information
On the top you see Christian Hoppe, or Christopher Hoppe's
death register entry
And below that you see Anna Margaretha
the daughter of Anna Margaretha Karlsberger
And Magdalena's sister
Now you know why I'm so addicted to clue webs
It just makes everything easier
But in both cases we can see
that there's a Christopher Hoppe and they married a Margaret
And both the father and mother are from in Germany
So I'm gonna add a little more information to my clue web
I know that there's this strange last name Culp
and it only appears on my Marguertie (Magdalena) Geiszler's death certificate
but in the photo album
the last name is Karlsberger
so I'm just gonna leave it with Karlsberger there
and then I know that the first name was Christopher
that is the name that all three of those death records
agreed with
And I'm still trying to ask and answer the question
Where was he born and when
but I have a clue
He was born somewhere in Germany
So I can't look for a Christopher Hoppe
who was born in New York
that's not gonna be the right guy
because all three records say that he's from Germany
so chances are my guy was born in Germany
I just need to figure out where and when
So now that I'm armed with the information that these three
children died in Franklin County, Ohio
I went in search for a record that has
Margaretha Karlsberger, some kind of Christian Hoppe or Hoppa
and a marriage in Franklin County
it's likely they married in Franklin County
but it's not always accurate
It's always gonna take that place
but I'm gonna start Franklin County
because you start the most logical place first
and then look for other places
It just so happens I came across a Christian Hoppa with a
Marguerite Karlsberger
(The record I showed you earlier) And it fits!
The marriage certificate happens just a year
before Christian the older brother was born
So things are looking very very good
So I'm going to take the information that I've discovered
and I'm gonna put it on my clue web
I put the marriage date and place on this record
and I go ahead and change Christian
Christopher Hoppe and put it all together for one place
And I still want to know when and where was he born
In addition to this clue web of reviewing
how I know what I know I could add some additional information I have for
Magdalena Marguerita Geizsler and her siblings to make sure we're
in the right direction
But I don't need to just yet because maybe I'm gonna
find that as I do more research
Because I started with the photo album
the Geiszler, my great-great grandmother's death certificate
and then I also went ahead and looked for her siblings death certificates
and now I can start looking for additional records
to try to answer the question
when and where was Christian born
I hope that I can point out a couple of things with this process
It is entirely possible the answer to your question is in the records that you
already have in your possession
that you've already looked at
that you've already gathered
and you just didn't notice the first time around
so always review how you know what you know
when you created your research question
because it's possible that it's in your home
In fact I have a girlfriend
she and I were working on any question about her ancestor
And we looked and we looked and we looked
and we were striking out everywhere
A couple years later she sent me an email and said
oh, you know that relative that we were working on
and we couldn't find the answer to
I have a handwritten letter from her
that gave me all the answers we need
and it's been in my house for 25 years
but it was tucked up in the attic somewhere and
I hadn't been in that box for that long
So always review what you know before you start looking for new documents to
answer the questions that you come up with
Additionally as you're reviewing what you know
you're gonna create a mental clue webs or actual drawn-out clue webs
like I do that will help you know
you've reached your answer once you get there
But I need to also stress the importance of keeping your research organized
As you saw I like to use clue webs
In addition I use RootsMagic I use Ancestry
I have family trees I use FamilySearch Family Trees
as well as other online tree resources
you've got to find a way to keep your research organized
And may I stress from this point forward
you always do it digitally
Yeah, that's a point for another video.
But keep your research organized
and do it digitally
So here's my question of the day
When have you overlooked details that would have answered your research
questions if you had taken the time to review what you knew at the onset
I'm Devon Noel Lee and this is Family History Fanatics
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