Applying Evidence to Genealogical Research Questions

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1. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   6 years ago

   Melissa delivered her topic concisely in a professional manner. The slides compliment the handout.\n\nMelissa does a fantastic job -- I've seen this in person but enjoy listening to her and she always puts things in perspective.\n\nMelissa hit it out of the park -- crisp, concise presentation with great examples to clarify her points. Her slides were well done, in content as well as visually. Master class in one hour... totally brilliant!\n\nMelissa is an excellent speaker. She clearly gets her points across. The technical quality of the webinar was also excellant.\n\nMelissa is awesome.\n\nMelissa is extremely knowledgeable, always informative -- enjoyed her talks at the Oklahoma Genealogy Society the times she's visited.\n\nMelissa most helpful\n\nMelissa speaks clearly and stays on point.\n\nMelissa was easy to understand, and offered a great deal of knowledge. Gave me a very clear direction to proceed in my research. Wish I could have a one on one chat with her.\n\nMelissa, excellent presentation content and delivery. Thank you!\n\nMost of the questions were very simple. Nothing complex to sort through\n\nNice clean line of details which detail the reasons why following the GPS is important.\n\nOf course we all hunger for three-hour webinars where each proposed research question is carried through and answered (or shown to be poorly-asked)! I liked the (seemingly tedious) way specificity of identity was repeated at length, just to indicate how easy it can be to slack off in focus.\n\nOne of the best webinars so far. Well prepared, organized and presented. Great questions and experienced answers. Thanks for presenting. \n\nShe explained how I can write better phrase my research questions. I also found helpful the categorization of identity, relationship and circumstance because it made me think about how different kinds of records would help solve each type of problem.\n\nSuper - every gen group should show this webinar to their members - new and old will learn from this simlply outline direct and well explained slide show!\n\nTerrific webinar! Thank you.\n\nThank you for clear and concise information.\n\nThe presentation was excellent! Melissa provided solid information.\n\nThis topic of applying evidence seems like a basic one but I'm glad you all are still presenting on this information. It's a good basis and hearing it repeated from different sources and perspectives definitely helps with the learning experience.\n\nThis was so expert! I will recommend it to my gen friends.\n\nThis was superb. \n\nThis webinar was so clear and concise yet provided such excellent information on developing effective research questions.\n\nVery clear and concise. Learned how to write a research question more clearly. I should have asked the question of how to motivate beginning genealogists to develop this habit. I already knew about the GPS.\n\nVery clear and concise...able to understand first time through!\n\nVery clear and easy to understand. Thank you!\n\nVery clear cut summary. Helped me to understand a few more things about the process.\n\nVery clear explanations!\n\nVery clear explanations.\n\nVery clear presentation.\n\nVery clear, concise explanations\n\nVery clear; therefore, easy to understand.\n\nVery enjoyable, lots of good questions! Jeanne\n\nvery good\n\nVery good presentation with notes that will be handy to have.\n\nVery good presentation. Great examples; excellent examples of how to construct a research question and how to apply GPS to answer the question\n\nVery good presenter -clearly communicated the topic. \n\nVery good! So much to learn. Thank you. \n\nVery helpful\n\nVery helpful and interesting information to guide using correct and accurate methodology.\n\nvery helpful, now to put into practice\n\nVery helpful. I'm working on my portfolio for certification. Today's webinar let me know that my work is in line with the GPS. \n\nVery informative and helpful.\n\nVery informative. Good clarification of how to write a clear concise research question.\n\nVery nice basis for the formulation of research questions and applying the evidence to answer the question.\n\nVery organized presentation. Important points clearly articulated. \n\nVery Thought Provoking!\n\nVery well done! Great explanations and examples. Thank you!\n\nWonderful presentation - thorough, precise, understandable.

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2. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   6 years ago

   Excellent direction on use of GPS\n\nA good review. Well structured.\n\nBrilliant webinar giving excellent detail on what to do and what not to do with research questions. Then applying the test of the GPS. \n\nclear and concise\n\nClear and concise.\n\nClear and concise. Melissa always does a great job.\n\nclear, concise, academically based\n\nConcise and well presented.\n\nExamples were very helpful\n\nExcellent advice provided in this webinar. I really appreciated the way Melissa presented the subject matter and have learned a great deal about documenting and writing down my questions and the searches done to try and answer those questions.\n\nExcellent and useful presentation! Thanks!\n\nExcellent help for researching.\n\nexcellent presentation\n\nExcellent presentation with clear explanations.\n\nExcellent presentation! So logical and clear! \n\nExcellent presentation. Good examples. Handout very helpful\n\nExcellent presentation. Very clear on this difficult subject. Now I just have to remember it!\n\nexcellent process, explained clearly\n\nExcellent!\n\nExcellent!!!\n\nExcellent, learned a lot.\n\nExcellent, very clear and concise.\n\nExcellent. Followed the syllabus well.\n\nGood\n\nGood basic intro to research questions. Good idea to identify different types of research questions.\n\nGood for BCG applicants\n\nGood info and clear explanations about proof standards.\n\nGood information\n\nGood speaker, concise, with good recommendations.\n\nGood survey on evidence. \n\nGreat information\n\nGreat information to improve my genealogical research.\n\nGreat job handling all of the questions with great examples! Enjoyed your presentation. Thank you.\n\nGreat lecturer!\n\nGreat slides; very well presented. Thank you for the handout. \n\nGreat!\n\nI enjoyed it, took notes about it as well. \n\nI enjoyed the webinar. \n\nI enjoyed the webinar. It is interesting to know that you really have to check the questions you ask.\n\nI liked the your use of examples. \n\nI think Melissa, the speaker, went through the material VERY fast. I am glad I have a subscription so I can listen/watch again, and proof the notes I took. THIS was an excellent webinar and just the ticket for me.\n\nI thought she did a great job with explanations and examples.\n\nInformative\n\ninformative\n\nInformative and well presented.\n\nInsightful on Evidence and Sources.\n\nInteresting. As a retired attorney, I was curious about the genealogical proof standard. My conclusion: Law school was great preparation for genealogical research.\n\nIt is always good to find out more about the correct way to do genealogical research.\n\nIt was very clear and helpful.\n\nLots of good information. I need to go back and do some additional documentation of my sources.

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