14-Day RLP Challenge: The Marriage Record Search Continues
Image by Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay Each year, the authors of the Research Like a Pro books, blog, and podcast challenge family history researchers to complete a 14-day project using the Research Like a Pro (RLP) method. For last year's 14-day challenge, I attempted to find the parents of my 2x great-grandmother Catherine Ryan. (You can read about that project HERE .) This year, I'm continuing my quest to find the marriage record of Mary Jane Sheridan and Philip Cassidy, a set of 3x great-grandparents. The seven steps of the RLP method have been split out over 14 days for the challenge, and I'm already knee-deep into the project. Follow along as I report on my steps this week and next, and what I find along the way. Jan. 21—Objective: Research Question To begin a project, the RLP method asks "What question do you have about an ancestor's life that you’d like to discover?" You do this by reviewing your family tree to determine what info is still mis...
