Step Two - Determine What Is Missing by using tried and true methods, e.g. go from known information to unknown information, separate facts from fiction, don't skip generations or sources, and within reason, get "them" all (get all the pieces).

Step Three - Find the Current Jurisdiction of the County

Step Four - Find the Jurisdictions of the Country at the Time of the Event by a Locality Analysis

Step Five - List All Sources Searched (positive and negative). This is like leaving markers of where you have been in case you must retrace your steps.

Step Six - Determine What Others Have Already Discovered.

Step Seven - Plan Your Research Process with a Research Planner.

Step Eight - You Have Most of the Pieces, Put Together the Family, and Determine What You Still Lack