Sunday, October 4, 2015

Citing Sources and Jelly Beans

All Genealogists Are NOT Created Equal!!

Knowledgeable genealogists understand, or are attempting to understand, the importance of documentation. Documentation that backs-up entries on your Pedigree Charts and Family Unit Sheets. Remember, without documentation your genealogy is nothing more than mythology. It's a story. It may be a nice story you've concocted or have received, but it's nothing more a story. Where's the evidence????????

"FINDING RANDOM DOCUMENTS TO SUPPORT WHAT WE WANT TO BELIEVE IS NOT RESEARCH. IT'S SELF-DELUSION. By Elizabeth Shown Mills

Ms. Mills has a wonderful website where you can learn tons. It is evidenceexplained.com https://www.evidenceexplained.com/
Check out the Quick Lessons and Quick Tips [right side of page].

Here's a link to a story many of us have heard and how evidence documentation sorted fact from fiction https://www.evidenceexplained.com/content/quicklesson-7-family-lore-and-indian-princesses


Even if you don't follow the exact format of documentation, DO make a good attempt at showing where you found your information so you, or someone else could repeat your research ... maybe there will be more information available next week, next decade, or next century! Wouldn't you hate for all your hard work to end up in the burning barrel simply because it is nothing more than mythology? And if you're just getting started, do it right in the beginning!


Cheers,
Pat

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