Using Evidence Creatively: Spotting Clues in Run-of-the-Mill Records
Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
Content
Welcome
4m 7s
Introduction
8m 40s
Indirect Evidence
47s
David Frame
14m 8s
Problem Solving
2m 9s
Where in Africa?
8m 17s
Signatures
7m 9s
Who's Her Daddy?
15m 3s
Summary
1m 45s
Questions / answers
10m 5s
Announcements / prizes
4m 3s
About this webinar
The records we use are filled with “trivia,” bits and pieces of information that seem to have no “genealogical” value—at least not until we become more innovative in our research and analysis. Each piece of trivia in every document is an opportunity waiting to be connected to something else. Our ability to resolve problems depends upon our ability to make those connections. This class explores eighteen types of records and the kind of hidden clues each offers to help us resolve problems of identity, kinship, and origin.
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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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This webinar was every bit as awesome as the rest of the year with ESM has been. And what a wonderful genealogical Christmas present- another whole year! Thank you Elizabeth and also Geoff for arranging these. I haven't been able to attend live due to very old tech, but I was wondering whether Elizabeth has any more examples of using all these techniques and strategies outside of US? E.g. maybe finding ancestors of immigrants from Ireland ? Obviously the techniques apply regardless of specifics, but when you are less experienced and your creativity needs a lot of practice, seeing examples really helps too (as Elizabeth knows given her webinars are full of examples!) Guess I need to see if ESM has immigrant ancestor research published in NGQ! Thank you again both for a brilliant year of learning.
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