Methodology and Skills,Board for Certification of Genealogists,BCG,Reisinger Memorial Lecture Series
What am I missing? Recognizing Research Holes in Available Sources (a 2021 Reisinger Lecture)
Patti Lee Hobbs, CG
Content
Welcome
38s
Speaker's Introduction
35s
Introduction
4m 35s
Access the Sources
8m 11s
Abstracts Indexes Compilations
12m 8s
Original Records
14m 55s
Online Databases
18m 44s
About this webinar
Performing reasonably exhaustive research assumes researchers recognize the resources available to solve a research question. Genealogists must recognize pertinent resources available to solve a research question and understand the limits of each of those resources. This lecture helps to navigate the pitfalls.
About the speaker
Patti Lee Hobbs, CG, who resides in rural southwest Missouri, is blessed to have ancestors from many geographical locations leading to research in many and varied repositories. She serves on the edito...
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Comments (115)
Great lecture, Patti! I didn't know about the WPA Indexes. Will definitely be looking to see if those exist for any of my North Carolina counties! Thank you! Renate
Very good! I learned that I need to be more thorough and not just assume I have all the info. I needed this presentation!.
Patti is thorough, as always!
excellent speaker and webinar! Learned alot!
An awesome webinar that can give us so much hope that we really can find our missing ancestors in records that no one has yet identified. Pattie is an excellent researcher and we all have benefited from her real-life examples.
Terrific session! Lots of helpful ideas about sources I may have missed and how to do a thorough search.
I use indexes and learned long ago how valuable (& essential) internal indexes are. But this webinar scaled up my awareness of how to use indexes and abstracts to help me develop skills and focus research BEFORE I go down rabbit holes. Excellent presentation. I did not ever feel left behind. Glad to see people learning about this type of research- many are unaware of the potential it holds. Thanks so much. (And I'm not at all bothered that I just spent a beautiful sunny fall day in front of my computer!)
Another excellent presentation. Pat Rosson, Victoria, BC