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'''''Insufficient Information.''''' Often information is missing from a record you expect should include it. For example, you may only have the year for a marriage or the province, not the town, of an event. Sometimes the clerk did not know or could not remember the specific information. If such information is all you have, consider the following: | '''''Insufficient Information.''''' Often information is missing from a record you expect should include it. For example, you may only have the year for a marriage or the province, not the town, of an event. Sometimes the clerk did not know or could not remember the specific information. If such information is all you have, consider the following: | ||
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* ''Trustworthiness''. Was the informant or recorder trustworthy? Did he have a reputation of careful accuracy or does he tend to exaggerate? Did she have the necessary knowledge to have recorded the information? Was the recorder disinterested, with no motivation to falsify the facts? | |||
* ''Necessity''. If no other record is available, it may be necessary to accept unverified evidence, as long as it does not conflict with any proven record. | |||
* ''Origin''. Determine where the information originated. Was the information recorded before you began your search, before any controversy, or before it could be influenced by other information you have found? | |||
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== '''Consistency and Clarity of the Facts''' == | == '''Consistency and Clarity of the Facts''' == | ||