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Determining If a Source is Relevant (view source)
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'''When in doubt''', tentatively guess a new source is '''''not''''' relevant (or hold it in abeyance). | '''When in doubt''', tentatively guess a new source is '''''not''''' relevant (or hold it in abeyance). | ||
'''Minor discrepancies''' do not prevent a match, and are to be expected. But it is a genealogist's responsibility to acknowledge and explain discrepancies and contradictory evidence. | '''Minor discrepancies''' do not prevent a match, and are to be expected. But it is a genealogist's responsibility to acknowledge and explain [[Contradictions and discrepancies|discrepancies and contradictory evidence]]. | ||
'''Preliminary follow up.''' Once you decide to accept a new source a relevant or not, explain your decision on your research log. If the source seems possibly relevant, photocopy the document, and add the new information from the new source as new event(s) on the ancestor's family group record. Be sure to add a source citation footnote for each event. In the footnote add a short preliminary evaluation of the source. File the source photocopy and updated family group record in their correct places. | '''Preliminary follow up.''' Once you decide to accept a new source a relevant or not, explain your decision on your [[Research Logs|research log]]. If the source seems possibly relevant, photocopy the document, and add the new information from the new source as new event(s) on the ancestor's family group record. Be sure to add a source citation footnote for each event. In the footnote add a short preliminary evaluation of the source. File the source photocopy and updated family group record in their correct places. | ||
'''Later final analysis.''' Later, after you have thoroughly researched all the parents, siblings, and children of the ancestor, it is important to reconsider your preliminary acceptance of a source as relevant. When almost all that can be gathered about the family is assembled, correlated, corroborated, and analyzed in its totality, you are in a better position to make a final judgment about the relevance of an individual source. | '''Later final analysis.''' Later, after you have thoroughly researched all the parents, siblings, and children of the ancestor, it is important to reconsider your preliminary acceptance of a source as relevant. When almost all that can be gathered about the family is assembled, correlated, corroborated, and analyzed in its totality, you are in a better position to make a final judgment about the relevance of an individual source. | ||
[[Category:Research_Analysis]] | [[Category:Research_Analysis]] | ||