Five Steps to Doing Genealogy Research Like A Pro - 0 views
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1. What do I want to know?
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2. What do I already know? 3. How do I know it?
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4. Where could I possibly find what I want to know? 5. Do the records exist? If so, where?
Irvine's Genealogy Laws - 0 views
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Skepticism is the root of all good research. The history of a record is as important as its contents. What is a genealogist without sources?
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3. Never take anyone's word for it. Check the data and source yourself. (Why would you want a family tree filled with someone else's ancestors?)
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7. Speculation may not be research, but you have to start somewhere!
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Age of Discretion - 0 views
Commentary on David Treuer NYTs Op/Ed on Indian Blood Quantum | Turtle Talk - 0 views
On Tribal Disenrollments and "Tolerance" | Turtle Talk - 0 views
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Should not we be call tribal members “tribal citizens” Members seems to be how some tribes are treating their people and how their people feel about their tribe. If you are a citizen of your tribe you have right and responsibilities to know your government and participate in your culture and be loyal to your people. If your a member I guess you can get kicked out of the club easier.
Genealogy's Star: In your searching, you may have overlooked... - 0 views
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It seems like there is a whole generation of would-be genealogists who don't want to look for documents past FamilySearch and Ancestry.com.
Genealogy's Star: When do we reach the end of our line - 0 views
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To find a person, you have to locate that person in space and time.
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Where were you born? If you don't know, then that is the first step in your genealogical digging. I have said this before, but it bears mentioning over and again, your mother was there when you were born. Your grandmother was there when your father was born and so forth and so on.
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the same rule does not hold true for your father, he may have been just about anywhere or even deceased when you were born.
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a3Genealogy: Generational Research Game - 0 views
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seems all of the Irish who came over had the same names. HaHa how do you know which one is right?
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Analyze, Analyze, Analyze genealogy documents, data and information!
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The true purpose of this "game" is to eliminate the contestants who should not be in your family tree. The goal is to identify who's the last Michael McCabe standing!
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The Demanding Genealogist: What Makes our Work Credible? - 0 views
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Simply put, credibility can be defined as believability. Credible people are believable people; credible information is believable information. In fact, some languages use the same word for these two English terms
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The authors pointed out that credibility is a perception. It can be usefully evaluated as having two qualities, trustworthiness and expertise. Trustworthiness, a key element of the credibility calculus, is defined by the terms well-intentioned, truthful, unbiased, and so on. The trustworthiness dimension of credibility captures the perceived goodness or morality of the source. Expertise, the other dimension of credibility, is defined by terms such as knowledgeable, experienced, competent, and so on. The expertise dimension of credibility captures the perceived knowledge and skill of the source.[2]
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Our approaches to dealing with the conflicting evidence will produce greater or lesser credibility in our work product.
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The Demanding Genealogist: Conflicting Evidence: What Is It? - 0 views
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Evidence is “conflicting” when two documents provide completely different answers to the research question.
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If I write about an event as if that conflicting evidence doesn’t exist, then future researchers will be confused. They will find that evidence just as I did and they will doubt the depth of my research or the credibility of my conclusions as a result. Even worse, I might be wrong in my conclusion about which piece of evidence to keep.
Genealogy's Star: Don't get stuck with technology -- paper and pencils work - 0 views
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The point is paper and pencil genealogy is far from dead. Microfilm is still one of the best sources for finding source documents from all over the world.
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There are still a huge number of documents mustily residing in court houses, church record rooms, and storerooms all over the world. Using only the Internet to do genealogy is like trying to build a house with a power saw. Its a great tool, but only if you have a whole tool room full of other tools to help.
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Go to the library. Go to all the libraries. Check out the records in the courthouses, Contact local newspapers for old copies. Look in graveyards. Talk to cemetery sextons. Take to morticians. Check out the local genealogical society's records. Go to the nearest Family History Center and look at their books for a change. Go to a genealogical library. Take a trip to the National Archives. Do you get the idea?
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Wobanaki Homelands - 0 views
Wobanaki Women's Clothing from 1770 - 0 views
Wôbanaki Girl's Clothing from 1700 - 0 views
Wôbanaki Boy's Clothing from 1700 - 0 views
Wôbanaki Men's Clothing from 1660 - 0 views
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