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Ten-Minute Methodology: Proof in a Narrative

By Judy Kellar Fox, CG® Proofs don’t have to be complicated, and they don’t have to resolve conflicting evidence. They don’t have to include indirect evidence, either, even though it may be present and could be included to support an argument....

Ten-Minute Methodology: Proof Statements 1

By Judy Kellar Fox, CG® This is the first in an occasional series intended to educate and challenge BCG associates, aspirants, and the genealogical community at large. Confession: Since starting this post, I’ve come to realize that my idea of proof...

Ten-Minute Methodology: Proof Statements 2, Examples

By Judy Kellar Fox, CG® This post is part of an occasional series intended to educate and challenge BCG associates, aspirants, and the genealogical community at large. I promised last post to give examples of proof statements. Here are two. The first...

Ten-Minute Methodology: Proof Summaries and Arguments 1

By Judy Kellar Fox, CG® This post is part of an occasional series intended to educate and challenge BCG associates, aspirants, and the genealogical community at large. Our Proof Goals We genealogists aim for accuracy in representing identities and...

Ten-Minute Methodology: Proof in a Footnote

By Judy Kellar Fox, CG® A genealogical proof can be as simple and compact as a footnote. Yes! Believe it. The standards guide us, as always: Standard 51 describes the need for our narrative and our source citations to show a thorough search in sources...

Ten-Minute Methodology: Identity Proof in a List

By Judy Kellar Fox, CG® We’ve seen in earlier posts what genealogical proofs look like in a narrative and a footnote. A list, bulleted or numbered, is another effective way of presenting the proof that supports a conclusion. Proofs in list format are...

Ten-Minute Methodology: Are You Searching or Researching?

By Judy Kellar Fox, CG® Are you up to date? From the old Standards Manual to the new Genealogy Standards the first component of the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS) is different. Have you noticed? We used to say, “We conduct a reasonably exhaustive...

Ten-Minute Methodology: When Index is a “Dirty Word”

By Judy Kellar Fox, CG® Genealogical work supported by indexes alone can be unreliable. What? What’s wrong with the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)? It comes from a reliable source. Other indexes are good, too! Why not use them and cite them as...

Ten-Minute Methodology: Beyond the Index—or Not

By Judy Kellar Fox, CG® Our goal, supported by genealogy standards, is to use whenever possible original records and primary information.[1] That’s the gold standard. When we find an index or other derivative source, we set about finding the original...

Ten-Minute Methodology: Documentation and the Research Report

Some genealogists have been confused about whether to include source citations in research report introductions and summaries. SpringBoard is pleased to offer clarification of this question by the expert on genealogical source citations. By Elizabeth...

Ten-Minute Methodology: How to Ask Good Research Questions

SpringBoard is pleased to present a guest post by Harold Henderson, CG , a Trustee of the Board for Certification of Genealogists. By Harold Henderson, CG® Genealogists are often confused. It comes with the territory. We can’t always avoid it, but we...