Church records can be a key record type when researching your U.S. ancestor before civil registration of vital events was required. Church records were generally kept in a register by the local clergyman and might include baptism, marriage, and buria ...
Basics of Evidence Analysis, Part Five: Resolving Conflicts
Welcome to the fifth installment in a six-part series about evidence analysis, or the process by which we determine the reliability of the evidence we discover in our research. Part One discussed the value of evidence analysis and presented ...
Basics of Evidence Analysis, Part 4: Evidence
Welcome to the fourth installment in a six-part series about evidence analysis, or the process by which we determine the reliability of the evidence we discover in our research. Part One discussed the value of evidence analysis and presente ...
Basics of Evidence Analysis, Part 3: Information
Welcome to the third installment in a six-part series about evidence analysis, or the process by which we determine the reliability of the evidence we discover in our research. Part One discussed the value of evidence analysis and presented three imp ...
Basics of Evidence Analysis, Part 2: Sources
Welcome to the second installment in a six-part series about evidence analysis, or the process by which we determine the reliability of the evidence we discover in our research. Part one discussed the value of evidence analysis and presented three im ...
Basics of Evidence Analysis, Part One: Introduction
As genealogists, we seek historical records to help us piece together the stories of our ancestors’ lives. However, finding the records is only half of the equation where solid genealogical research is concerned. The second half includes analysis and ...
Metes & Bounds Land Platting: A SLIG 2023 Course
I spent last week in an institute course offered by the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy titled Metes & Bounds Land Platting. It was a fantastic course and I'm excited to share a little bit about my experience. First, a little bit about metes ...