Excerpted from Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace,3d ed. rev. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2017), pp. 18–19, §1.5. “Modern family history (aka genealogy) draws heavily from law in its handling of evidence. However, family-history standards require a higher level of proof than does most litigation. The justice system demands that a date[…]Read more
[av_image src=’https://genealogical.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/9780806320403print-213×300.jpg’ attachment=’4909′ attachment_size=’medium’ align=’right’ styling=” hover=’av-hover-grow’ link=’manually,https://library.genealogical.com/printpurchase/ym2EJ’ target=’_blank’ caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’ overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ animation=’no-animation’ admin_preview_bg=” av_uid=’av-cmzka0′] View Book Details [/av_image] Revised Third Edition of EVIDENCE EXPLAINED, by Elizabeth Shown Mills Now Available Purchasers of Professional Genealogy: Preparation, Practice & Standards should also acquire another standard reference work from Elizabeth Shown Mills, the Revised Third[…]Read more
[av_image src=’https://genealogical.com/wp-content/uploads/product_images/2018-04-17-04-50-20.68983f8c735befefac2d9e1371afd616db38c7d6-1.jpg’ attachment=’4691′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’right’ styling=” hover=’av-hover-grow’ link=’manually,https://library.genealogical.com/printpurchase/Xeger’ target=’_blank’ caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’ overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ animation=’left-to-right’ admin_preview_bg=” av_uid=’av-87bykc’] View Book Details [/av_image] In last week’s issue of “Genealogy Pointers,” we announced the publication of the all-new Professional Genealogy: Preparation, Practice & Standards (ProGen PPS, edited by Elizabeth Shown Mills and written by a new generation[…]Read more
“Genealogy Pointers” continues with its practice of excerpting sections from Professional Genealogy: Preparation, Practice & Standards (Progen PPS), edited by Elizabeth Shown Mills. Today we have lifted the beginning pages of Chapter 12, “Reasoning from Evidence,” which was prepared by Dr. Thomas W. Jones. We are sure you will agree that even in these scant[…]Read more
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Announcing the All-New . . . PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGY. Preparation, Practice & Standards (ProGen PPS) Elizabeth Shown Mills, Editor [av_image src=’https://genealogical.com/wp-content/uploads/product_images/2018-04-17-04-50-20.68983f8c735befefac2d9e1371afd616db38c7d6-1.jpg’ attachment=’4691′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’right’ styling=” hover=’av-hover-grow’ link=’manually,https://library.genealogical.com/printpurchase/Xeger’ target=’_blank’ caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’ overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ animation=’left-to-right’ admin_preview_bg=” av_uid=’av-9tdxqa’] View Book Details [/av_image] In 2001 twenty-three genealogists collaborated to produce the first-ever textbook outlining professional standards and practices[…]Read more
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[av_image src=’https://genealogical.com/wp-content/uploads/product_images/2018-04-17-04-50-20.68983f8c735befefac2d9e1371afd616db38c7d6-1.jpg’ attachment=’4691′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’right’ styling=” hover=’av-hover-grow’ link=’manually,https://library.genealogical.com/printpurchase/Xeger’ target=’_blank’ caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’ overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ animation=’left-to-right’ admin_preview_bg=” av_uid=’av-ae4923′] View Book Details [/av_image] Come and get your copy of the new and groundbreaking Professional Genealogy: Preparation, Practice & Standards (ProGen PPS) signed by editor Elizabeth Shown Mills at the GSC 2018! The 2018 National Genealogical Society Conference takes place at[…]Read more
