Separating Fact from Fiction
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This course will deal with the subject of evidence analysis. Carol has given multiple lessons on the subject and will gradually build up a course via these and other lessons.
One of these lessons will be recorded in 2023 and made available to Annual Members via the A Helpful Miscellany webpage.
LESSON 1
Help!
How Do I Separate
Fact from Fiction
Coming in 2023
We sit at our computer searching for information about our ancestors and … click … we find something new and intriguing. But wait: it contradicts something else we’ve found. Clearly, both pieces of information can’t be true. So which is true and which isn’t? Or are both untrue? HELP!
Until recently, most researchers developed their evidence-analysis skills by a process of trial-and-error. Unfortunately, many researchers have erred more than tried and seem to be the ones most prolific in publishing the results of their ‘research’ on the internet. Yet these errors can prove disastrous, gobbling up our precious time and money as we search in the wrong place – or worse, as we pursue the wrong ancestral line. So how do we ensure that our conclusions are accurate?
This seminar will show you how to evaluate our ancestral information – that is, how to weight each piece of information to determine its accuracy – using a clear, logical, easy-to-follow system. After learning these skills you’ll be able to easily determine which information is reliable and which is like a virus that can destroy your hard work.
Lesson type: Researching
Video duration: ? minutes
Handout: Yes
To be published: 2023
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