image credit: bunditinay -stock.adobe.com My 2024 Genealogy Resolutions For many people, year-end is a time of reflection on the past year and looking ahead to how we hope the next year will unfold. As I have worked on my genealogy development activities for my Kinship Determination Project during the past few days, I have thought about how I can be more effective going forward. Making genealogy resolutions for 2024 is a result of that thought. First: I will write a Research Plan for each project or new phase of a project. No longer will I just dive into acquiring names, dates, or facts in a haphazard fashion, hoping to emerge with a finished Research Report. (More on that later.) Second: I will create a complete citation for every date, fact, or other piece of information that is not general knowledge when I find it. I will not allow myself to think, “Oh, I’ll remember where I saw that.” Third: I will consult the original record whenever I can possibly find it. An abstract or transc