Ancestoring Cautions Researchers to Examine Records ‘at their Source’

Over the next few weeks and months we will be highlighting different aspects of the groundbreaking book, Ancestoring: Understanding Records, Family and Ourselves, by Darcie Hind Post, Certified Genealogist and Fellow of the Board for Certification of Genealogists. As Darcie emphasizes in Part One of her book, “Understanding Records, it is important not only to find a record that, on its face, supports our contention but also to assess its validity and reliability. For this issue of “Genealogy Pointers,” we have reprinted in its entirety, “Chapter Four: Favorite Conspiracy” to illustrate this important distinction.