Family holds partial ledger pages from the late nineteenth century. Need to arrange a proper viewing before any of it can be cited.
Microfilm copy obtained. Cross-referencing the family names against the compensation claim records for the same parish.
Records for the relevant decades are split between two institutions. One side has been read, the other is still being requested.
Cassettes from the 1970s and 1980s. Quality is uneven. A few are clearly the only surviving account of a particular boundary or marriage.
Read the will before the diary. Family papers usually settle who got the land before they settle how anyone felt about it.
Always cross-check the parish register against the compensation claim for the same name and the same decade.
Cassettes from a family kitchen are sources too. They should be transcribed, dated, and stored alongside the official material, not in a separate box.