Definir um objectivo
You will soon realize that the genealogist's work is exponential and can go in all directions.
So you will have to set yourself limits if you want to do a quality work.
The following points are only examples of choices to be made to delimit a research perimeter that can be achieved in a lifetime.
Whose genealogy?
Define whose genealogy will be developed:
- Yours
- Your wife's
- Your family's, starting with your children or grand children
- That of a close relative
- A friend's.
Over how many generations?
Define the number of generations to be identified :
- All the way back to the great-grandparents
- Until the revolution
- Until the Middle Age
Which branches?
Define branches to be identified:
- All
- Agnatic lineage only
- Cognatic lineage
What descendants?
Define from which ancestors you wish to identify descendants and cousins :
- To the highest ancestor found
- Great-grandparents
- All ancestors
What level of detail?
Define the level of detail to be obtained for each individual
- According to its generation
- Systematically have the sources of all acts
- Only Birth, Marriage, Death
- The maximum number of events