Do I have to be organised?

Do I have to be organised?

Nick Barratt (Genealogist) gives expert video advice on: How do I become a genealogist?; What qualifications do I need?; How many years will I have to train for? and more...

If you're not organised you can't be a genealogist. It is as simple as that. You have to be absolutely methodical with your note-taking, with the organisation of your data, planning your time in the archives, planning which archives to go to, and then following up those clues in a logical manner. You can't just jump around in different periods looking at different people. You have to pursue one line at a time. Otherwise, your research will get very quickly jumbled, mixed up and complicated.