Burned Counties Research: Difference between revisions

Burned counties do not have to be end of the line research situations if you prepare well, look for substitute records, search a variety of jurisdictions and repositories for the family, and approach such research problems in innovative ways.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1. An example of relatively early use of the phrase “burned counties” is found in a regularly featured periodical article which first appeared as “Records from Burned Counties,” ''Virginia Genealogical Society Bulletin'', 4, issue 3 (July 1966).<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2. Elizabeth Shown Mills, “Genealogical Mindset &amp; Principles of Scholarship” (lecture in Course 4 Advanced Methodology &amp; Evidence, Institute for Genealogical and Historical Research at Samford University, Birmingham, Ala., 13 June 2005).<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3. G. David Dilts, "Research Logs: The Most Important Tool for Organizing Your Family History," ''Genealogical Journal'' 30 (2002): 10-11.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4. Carol Harless, et. al., PAF Documentation Guidelines (N.p.: Silicon Valley PAF Users Group, 1993), 1.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5. Elizabeth Shown Mills, "Dissecting the Research Problem” (lecture in Course 4 Advanced Methodology &amp; Evidence, Institute for Genealogical and Historical Research at Samford University, Birmingham, Ala., 17 June 2005).<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6. ''Ibid.'' <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7. Mills, “Genealogical Mindset &amp; Principles of Scholarship.”<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 8. Mills, “Dissecting the Research Problem.”