LESSON FOUR
SURNAME/LOCALITY APPROACH

This Lesson will cover:

• Review of the Research Cycle
• Surname/Locality Approach - Applying the Technique
• Building a Good Research Database

REVIEW OF THE RESEARCH CYCLE

You should read Chapter Four of your textbook before you start this online lesson so that you will understand the Surname/Locality Approach to determining a specific locality when none is stated.

The research cycle is used over and over again in your work. By now you have probably used it several times. But sometimes, you cannot use available information to locate more sources until alternative methodologies are learned.

For example, have you ever tried to extend a line back another generation, but you cannot find the locality to start searching in? Look at your own pedigree chart. Do you have someone this situation could apply to right now? If so who is it? What do you already know about this person? Be sure to indicate all you know, just as it was illustrated for you in Chapter Four.