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Hi Danielle:
I read through your notes on the Most Wanted board and wondered .... are you developing aa timeline/map for each of the early families? I'm working on an example for a timeline/map/location for the author of the Amanda Green challenge on Most Wanted. If you will ... it's a little like an event and evidence driven FGS.
Perhaps you've already begun such a little wroksheet. If not, would you like me to send you a copy of the example when I finish it?
I have several ancestors who moved around, just like your Mary Raymond. In particular, one was a miner in Montana. Another moved from New Hampshire to Ohio ca 1812, In both cases, I'm still in search of either key documents or family relations, so my little "table" helps me keep a record of where they had been (and with whom) and _when_ they were at the different places. Those specifics help me find other evidence and records.
The example I'm creating isn't as broad or detailed as those I have for my own family. Mine include dates and locations of the death's of parents, marriages of children, etc. If I know where my ancestor was when his parents died, I note that. Ditto, if I know where my ancestor was when his children married (or died). Sometimes the "evidence" column is a census record, death record or obituary ... but sometimes it's family tradition, or the interview with Aunt Margaret. Over time, I try to get more and more little details and become specific about the time periods they lived in one town or another, etc. If there is a split or divorce, I keep on following both individuals ... and all the children (through their deaths).
I've been using a timeline/map/location like-tool since the 1990s. It has helped me to fill in gaps, find newspaper articles ... I even found a diary once.
Let me know if you want me to send you a copy. --GJ, Most Wanted.