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• A Template for Evaluating Evidence

  Genealogical Computing 24 (April

• African American Lives 2 . Analyzing the Evidence | PBS

• 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.

• Collecting Cousins - Evaluating Evidence in Genealogy

• Evaluating Evidence Article - PGVWiki

• Evidence Analysis

  By Tristan L. Tolman, AG.

• Evidence Explained

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

• 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.

• FamilySearch Wiki - Evaluate the Evidence

  From the FamilySearch Wiki.

• FamilySearch Wiki - Evidence Baby Steps

  From a syllabus by Robert Raymonds.

• FamilySearch Wiki - Genealogical Maturity

  A system of self evaluation and self improvement first proposed by the Ancestry Insider in 2009. The Genealogical Maturity improvement system measures one's understanding and use of the Genealogical Proof Standard and the associated Evidence Analysis Research Process Map. The system encourages improvement in five categories: sources, citations, information, evidence, and conclusions.

• FamilySearch Wiki - Inferential Genealogy ^FREE

  From a class on familysearch.org by Tom Jones, Ph.D., CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS

• Genealogical Evidence: New Accuracy for your Genealogy Records and New Success in Tracing your Hard-to-Find Ancestors

  By Arlene H. Eakle, PhD.

• Genealogical Research Process Chart

  Adapted with permission from Thomas W. Jones, "Schematic of Genealogical Methodology," figure In course material for Advanced Genealogical Methods (Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, 2013), p. 6

• Genealogy Research Process Map | ThinkGenealogy (Wayback Machine)