Dissection & Analysis of Research Problems: 10 Steps to a Solution
Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
Content
Welcome
3m 46s
Introduction
5m 35s
Rethink our approach
2m 12s
List all known facts
4m 29s
Identify our evidence
10m 1s
Appraise our sources
5m 50s
Insure success
1m 2s
Analyze prior conclusions
3m 3s
Analyze known facts
10m 40s
List all associates
4m 3s
Identify all resources
4m 31s
Draft master plan
6m 11s
Announcements / prizes
5m 1s
Questions / answers
10m 43s
About this webinar
Solutions to tough problems are not just “found.” They are analytically constructed. This session explains how to break down problems into their most-critical elements. It summarizes the types of questions and tests that should be applied to each. Then it demonstrates how to analyze, rank, and assemble the resulting answers into an effective research plan. In this process you’ll walk through ten steps, learning how to apply micro and macro analysis, evaluate prior conclusions, argue with their evidence, develop targeted worksheets, and complete a plan of action that can be pursued as time permits.
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About the speaker
Across a long career, Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS, has been an innovator of research methods and strategies. Published widely by academic and popular presses, she edited a nationa...
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Comments (108)
I recently found the Legacy Family Tree Webinars and am amazed at the wealth of knowledge and the great presentations. I enjoyed watching the video tonight and learned some great tips and information. I will definitely be watching as many videos as I can - both previously shown and the new ones coming up.
I have had to put my genealogy work aside for the last four years. I had three research trips planned that I have had to let go of, so I have decided to do a deep analysis on what I have, what it tells me, and what I need to take it further. In reviewing my records recently back to when I started, sometimes I just cringe at my beginner mistakes. I got better, and now I want to really organize it. I will never finish it (does anyone?), but I think a good housecleaning will help me see what I have accomplished (an astonishing amount, considering the state it was in when I inherited it!) and get it in order to pick up, by me or by one of my children or grandchildren. Elizabeth's approach is a great way to get this done, I think. And I may find that I end up with more than I think I have as a result. \n\n\nBTW, Geoff, I am wowed that one of those wee kids I saw in the background from time to time over the years is an adult and ready to fly! Congratulations on job well done,
Excellent as always. She is such an inspiration !!
This has been the best webinar I have ever attended. The information gives renewed hope to those of us who have needed it. I enjoy listening to Elizabeth Shown Mills and think she should have a doctorate degree after her name. Surely she has earned it.
Fantastic!!!!!!
This was one of the best webinars I have attended. Elizabeth Shown Mills shows us how to break our brick walls in a methodical and logical way. I am so happy that my membership allows me to watch this again and again. I am going to follow her steps to start "putting cracks" in my 3rd great grandfather's brick wall. Elizabeth's teaching skills are truly a treasure trove that everyone one can use to become the better researcher. Thank you for an excellent series.
Absolutely top notch!
ESM has delivered a 10 out of 5 with professional step by step instructions on how to research a "difficult" ancestor and how to break out of the mindset that a brick wall cannot be knocked down.