Focusing Your Family History Search

Have you ever begun an evening researching Great Grandma Emeline and found yourself browsing online census records for your spouse's family instead? Does a new message board post or other genealogical discovery distract you from what you were doing and send you off willy-nilly in a new direction? If you feel as if your family history search has you wandering aimlessly from clue to clue, try these tips for pulling everything together and keeping your research on track.