Previously unavailable US Revolutionary War record files are now searchable by full-text search at Ancestry partner Fold3

We're researching the gaps in our trees, gathering the genealogy evidence that will fill those gaps and prove what we do know is correct. We have set a specific goal, perhaps writing "Find Grandma's Marriage Date" across the top of our note page or research log. Where do we get started? First, what do we know? Do we know when she was born? Even just a decade? Do we know who her siblings were? How about where her parents were from? We will add all of that information to our search boxes and...

Can you take a hint? Should you take a hint? If you're anything like me, you're getting inundated with new hints all the time at Ancestry, My Heritage, and Family Search (they, at least, are not emailing me!) I know I'm lucky and I'm grateful for new info about my trees, but do I really want to add those in? Maybe not! Before you accept a hint or one of those tempting photos purporting to be about your ancestor, VERIFY the info against what you already know, or don't know, as the case may be....