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Female Ancestor Research Worksheet
Stop searching only for her. Start following the evidence around her.
4-PAGE PRINTABLE PDFDESIGNED FOR FEMALE-ANCESTOR BRICK WALLSINCLUDES FAN NETWORK RESEARCHEVIDENCE + HYPOTHESIS ANALYSIS
FREE RESEARCH TOOL
A 4-page working worksheet for tracing hard-to-find female ancestors through family relationships, FAN networks, overlooked records, evidence analysis, and DNA.
WHAT'S INSIDE
A research plan built around the way women actually appear in the records
Female ancestors don't always leave the straightforward paper trail we'd like them to. This worksheet helps you widen the search while keeping your research focused on a specific, answerable question.
Reconstruct Her Family & FAN Network — Map relatives, friends, associates, neighbors, witnesses, guardians, bondsmen, and other people who may connect her to an earlier family.
Search the Records Around Her — Work through records created for her, her family, and the people around them while recording what each search could tell you.
Build and Test the Hypothesis — Organize supporting and conflicting evidence, incorporate relevant DNA evidence, and identify what could disprove your theory.
Work the problem
From “Where did she come from?” to a testable research plan
Instead of repeatedly searching for the same ancestor, work outward in four deliberate steps.
011. Establish what you know022. Reconstruct her network033. Search beyond her records044. Test your hypothesis
“When she disappears from the records, stop searching only for her. Search the network around her.”
THE GENLADY APPROACH