Free Printable Genealogy Research Log

Track every source you search, where you found it, and what it did or didn't contain.

A research log is the habit that separates efficient researchers from frustrated ones. Write down every search before you do it, including the ones that find nothing, so you never repeat work and can always cite what you found.

Keep one log per ancestor or per research question. The Genealogical Proof Standard starts with a reasonably exhaustive search, and this is how you show it.