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| = Information Baby Steps =
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| We live in a day of collaboration. With tools such as the new FamilySearch Tree, it is more important than ever that we produce correct and verifiable genealogy. Properly utilizing information from a source is essential for producing correct genealogies.
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| [[Image:The Research Process.png|right|300px|The Research Process]]This class teaches industry best practices (the BCG [[Genealogical Proof Standard]] and associated [[Evidence Analysis Research Process]]<ref>Elizabeth Shown Mills, ''Evidence Analysis: A Research Process Map'', laminated study guide (Washington, D.C.: Board for Certification of Genealogists, 2006).</ref>) established by the country’s foremost genealogists. From ''sources'' we find ''information''. From ''information ''we select ''evidence''. From ''evidence ''we make ''conclusions''. ''Conclusions'' reference ''citations''. ''Citations ''point back to ''sources''.<br>
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| The Genealogical Proof Standard is a straight-forward means of producing genealogies that are verifiable and correct. In simple terms:
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| *Search all reasonably available sources. You don’t want someone to summarily prove you wrong.
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| *Cite your sources. The only way someone can verify your work is to examine your sources.
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| *Analyze and correlate the information used as evidence and assess its quality.
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| *When some evidence contradicts some other, figure out why so you can intelligently decide which is more believable. Good conclusions are not a popularity contest.
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| *Some conclusions are obvious. Otherwise, explain yourself.
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| Advancing from level to level requires continuing education. Avail yourself of these resources: | | Advancing from level to level requires continuing education. Avail yourself of these resources: |
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| = Summary = | | = Summary = |