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 co...
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...
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 ...
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...
Ten-Minute Methodology: “Reasonably Exhaustive”—How Do We Know We’re There?
By Judy Kellar Fox, CG®Evaluating what we've doneThere comes a time when we have to stop researching. Sometimes it’s when we feel we’ve answered our research question. Sometimes we’re unsure, feari...
Ten-Minute Methodology: What Is “Reasonably Exhaustive” Research?
By Judy Kellar Fox, CG®Let’s look at the searching part of research. As in the last post on researchreAs in the last post on research, we’ll see that it’s more involved than just looking.Genealogy ...
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? ...
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 pr...
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