Melissa, Thank you soooo much for this question. I am NOT a professional but I am doing research for a friend and wanted to approach it as a professional would and I, too, was wondering how to approach this very thing. I started to write the report, then found I didn't know how to incorporate all the sources I had looked at, so thought a research log would be a good addition, but how, and then total confusion and so have not finished the project (luckily he is not in a hurry, and I am doing this to learn and not for pay). I too have studied E. S. Mills reports, finding them fascinating, better than CSI, and keep reading and reading the chapter in Professional Genealogy. Thanks for asking; looking forward to the answer and will contact Melanie in order to read her report. Thanks, Margie Beldin Richland, Washington Previous message Message: 1 Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 08:39:46 -0600 From: Melissa Finlay <melissa@finlayfamily.org> To: TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TGF] Studying the research reports of Elizabeth Shown Mills Message-ID: <D9C4D31E-F2DB-44F2-A16E-6F4534056D31@finlayfamily.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii As I work towards becoming a professional genealogist, I am carefully studying the research reports (and articles about writing them) shared so generously by Elizabeth Shown Mills on the Historic Pathways website, Evidence Explained website, and the APG website. My question for Elizabeth, and any others who write reports in this manner: does the report also serve as your research log? It seems to be robust enough to me to fill the job of report and log. Keeping a separate log seems redundant to me with this type of report. I am learning so much from studying these reports and writing after the same pattern. Thank you for sharing them. Melissa Finlay www.finlayfamily.org