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• A Template for Evaluating Evidence

  Genealogical Computing 24 (April

• Adventures in Genealogy Education - Studying Evidence Analysis, Part 1

  Blog by Angela McGhie.

• Adventures in Genealogy Education - Studying Evidence Analysis, Part 2

  By Angela McGhie.

• African American Lives 2 . Analyzing the Evidence | PBS

• Analysing our Evidence

  Most family historians are more adept at gathering information than determining if it is accurate. Let genealogist and “true historical crime” author, Carol Baxter, teach you some important evidence analysis skills.

• BCG “Ten-Minute Methodology” Series

  Ten-Minute Methodology is an occasional series intended to educate and challenge BCG associates, aspirants, and the genealogical community at large.

• BCG Skillbuilding: Perils of Source Snobbery

  By Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS, FUGA.

• Board for Certification of Genealogists - OnBoard Articles

  A series of articles from Board for Certification of Genealogists.

  • BCG Skillbuilding: It’s Not That Hard to Write Proof Arguments

    By Barbara Vines Little, CG.

  • BCG Skillbuilding: Proof Arguments

    By Laura A. DeGrazia , CG.

  • Skillbuilding: Analyzing and Reviewing Published Sources

    By Elizabeth Shown Mills.

• DAR Library - Using Indirect Evidence to Establish Genealogical Connections

• Direct, indirect, and negative evidence

  A simple analogy to explain the difference between direct, indirect, and negative evidence.

• Evaluating Evidence Article - PGVWiki

• Evidence Analysis

  By Tristan L. Tolman, AG.

• Evidence Explained

  Historical Analysis, Citation & Source Usage. By Elizabeth Shown Mills.

• Evidence Explained - Proof Argument vs. Proof Summary

• Evidence Explained - QuickLesson 13: Classes of Evidence

  By Elizabeth Shown Mills.

• Evidence Explained - QuickLesson 16: Speculation, Hypothesis, Interpretation & Proof

  By Elizabeth Shown Mills.

• Evidence Explained - QuickLesson 17: The Evidence Analysis Process Map

  In-depth lesson by Elizabeth Shown Mills.

• Evidence Explained (Facebook)

  By Elizabeth Shown Mills.

• Evidence Standards in Genealogical Research - An Introduction and Guide

  By Janice Selberg for the Michigan Bar Journal.

• FamilySearch Learning Center - Using 'Correlation' to Reveal Facts that No Record States ^FREE

  A course by Tom Jones. Not the "I found it" approach to genealogical research, but the "piecing together" approach.