Today while chasing down my ever elusive Leroy I was reminded once again of the lesson I should have learned twenty (almost) years ago.
When the Internet was in its infancy - before the World Wide Web actually, I worked with Dr. Bob Fernekes on "How to Do Research on the Internet" - a set of lessons that emphasized the importance of FIRST forming a thesis, then gathering your working bibliography, before jumping in to start "researching".
I spent a good three hours clicking on links and finding interesting stuff about folks that weren't my kin before going back and reading my previous notes and forming a "thesis" of what I really wanted to find. Once I reread my notes, I immediately knew where I needed to look and was able to zero in on the available data and review it within minutes.
Well, I found Leroy's brother Frank, so I was close which goes to prove my oveall thesis anyway.
"Collect 'em all. Let God sort them out."
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