{"id":8224,"date":"2018-12-30T14:04:47","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T14:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=8224"},"modified":"2018-12-30T14:04:47","modified_gmt":"2018-12-30T14:04:47","slug":"admitting-you-need-to-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=8224","title":{"rendered":"Admitting You Need to Learn"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are those who say that one should never admit that they were once ignorant. I say it’s better to admit that you were and that you learned from it than to suggest that you never could have been wrong in the first place. When person A wants others to think that person A has never made a mistake and will never make a mistake, I tend to avoid person A.<\/p>\n

There’s nothing wrong with realizing that you were incorrect, made a mistake, or had something to learn. “Were,” “made,” and “had” are past tense. The key is that we are self-aware enough to admit that we made a mistake and comfortable enough in our own skin to admit to it. That’s how we correct our earlier research mistakes and do better research.<\/p>\n

Ideally we don’t make those mistakes again.<\/p>\n

And realizing that your confusion may stem from something you don’t know is the first step towards not being confused.<\/p>\n

That’s what happened with this probate settlement in Coshocton County, Ohio, in the 1820s:<\/p>\n