Workshop #2 of 5
Strengthening the Story with Sources
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Overarching Objective of the Series
Overarching Objective of the Series
Discover, Gather, and Connect our ancestors through FamilySearch and help others to do the same, especially our children.
Objectives of the Second Workshop
Objectives of the Second Workshop
Evaluate the validity of attached sources.
Use and refine Record Hints.
Add your own external sources.
Attach memories as meaningful documentation.
Review Last Week
Review Last Week
The four pedigree views
The Person Page (and summary card)
Searching the Family Tree
(Each week we will review previous weeks by presenting challenges.)
There is always more than one way to solve a challenge.
Challenge 1
Challenge 1
Find the names of the children of a sibling of one of your great-grand-parents. (That is, find the children of a great-grand-aunt/uncle.)
How the Spirit of Elijah works
How the Spirit of Elijah works
Elder Russell M. Nelson has taught that the Spirit of Elijah is “a manifestation of the Holy Ghost bearing witness of the divine nature of the family” (in Conference Report, Apr. 1998, 43; or Ensign, May 1998, 34). This distinctive influence of the Holy Ghost draws people to identify, document, and cherish their ancestors and family members—both past and present.
link Elder Bednar, 2011
(picture links video)
The phrase "genealogy without sources is mythology" serves as a critical reminder for genealogists that family histories, to be considered credible research, must be supported by verifiable documentation.
Genealogical Proof Standard
Genealogical Proof Standard
There are five elements to the Genealogical Proof Standard:
Exhaustive research.
Complete and accurate source citation.
Reliable evidence.
No contradictory evidence.
Well-reasoned conclusions.
New evidence = re-evaluation.
Genealogical Research Process
Genealogical Research Process
(compare to the Genealogical Proof Standard)
Know what is Known
Know what is Known
Latest Changes & how to unmerge (restore deleted person)
Editing details (pencil icon on Person Page)
Dates and Places standardization
Detaching records (removing incorrect sources)
Merge persons
Collaboration in FamilySearch Tree
Consider FamilySearch Experiments
Where do you look to find these things?
Activity: Look at an ancestor's Person Page.
Resources:
How to Check Accuracy of your Family Tree, by Alice Childs, AG
What about YOU?
What about YOU?
Analyze the record of you in FamilySearch!
Ever-Evolving FamilySearch
Ever-Evolving FamilySearch
Record suggestions from FamilySearch.
(check out the AI Research Assistant)
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