tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post552850167799811944..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Top Ten Characteristics of a Good GenealogistRandy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-78000798161765041692014-11-05T13:42:47.214-08:002014-11-05T13:42:47.214-08:00Attention to details is a very important trait as ...Attention to details is a very important trait as well. Sometimes there are telltale signs located in the tiny details of pictures and documents. One must be very attune to details to pick up on them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-83605761546940387412013-03-03T03:06:51.073-08:002013-03-03T03:06:51.073-08:00To be a Lateral Thinker, not only approaching prob...To be a Lateral Thinker, not only approaching problems from a single viewpoint?doting grandadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14565685643079923864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-88840584526122682722013-03-02T10:26:59.033-08:002013-03-02T10:26:59.033-08:00Addicted to being a detective, solving crosswords,...Addicted to being a detective, solving crosswords, jigsaws, etc - anything where there is a part missing to fill in the blanks........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-69486123606954524742013-02-27T13:01:12.783-08:002013-02-27T13:01:12.783-08:00Doing their OWN work (versus 'copying'), e...Doing their OWN work (versus 'copying'), even if they've come across other, reputable research, still checking the sources. Everyone makes mistakes. Rechecking your own facts and data and admitting if/when you've erred and correcting it.Bonnienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-87682704685414248202013-02-27T07:31:07.268-08:002013-02-27T07:31:07.268-08:00Randy, Can I publish these in our Genealogy newsl...Randy, Can I publish these in our Genealogy newsletter? They are very good. JaniceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-27815267720150854322013-02-27T04:32:46.997-08:002013-02-27T04:32:46.997-08:00The best genealogists I know have a strong sense o...The best genealogists I know have a strong sense of historical and local context - they understand the community and what daily life and work was like. They also solve the most difficult puzzles knowing they need to go beyond the individual ancestor being studied to look at the web of family and community relationships. This is a perspective I do <b>not</b> have, but those I regard most highly do. I suppose this is really an integration of many of the other 9 characteristics you've identified. That integration takes the skills to a higher level.Bob Howeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01984345462848301561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-64803126520078559942013-02-26T16:43:24.332-08:002013-02-26T16:43:24.332-08:00Being able to communicate, in person or via the wr...Being able to communicate, in person or via the written word, whether with people from whom you are trying to obtain information or being able to explain what you have found to someone unfamiliar with or new to genealogical research.<br /><br />And, having good analytical skills. Being able to find and assemble data is one thing, being able to decipher what is good or how this data leads to more data or the answer to the research question is another skill entirely. (sort of a restatement of what Greta says...)Margiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02485649263574102604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-53671417649202475972013-02-26T16:37:36.452-08:002013-02-26T16:37:36.452-08:00A creative thinker - able to step back in time and...A creative thinker - able to step back in time and see things in their historical context or through the eyes of an ancestor; able to "think outside the box" when up against a brick wall.Linda Huesca Tullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12677498238088821264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-41511569702601007752013-02-26T14:04:38.053-08:002013-02-26T14:04:38.053-08:00Able to combine logical and intuitive thinking to ...Able to combine logical and intuitive thinking to the best effect. Plus one that is sort of a restatement of patient and persistent - not easily discouraged.Greta Koehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429623811794360612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-62197585368096928962013-02-26T13:32:57.324-08:002013-02-26T13:32:57.324-08:00Two things - Memberships in Genealogical Organizat...Two things - Memberships in Genealogical Organizations and though implied in #9 networking with like minded family researchers/genealogists<br />Thanks for a great concept.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11680740956718759137noreply@blogger.com