MethodologyPart 2 has two underlying themes. One is to help you organize your paperwork and all the other documents or family material you will be collecting. The pedigree chart and the family group record are your "best friends" but there are many other suggested forms to keep track of your research, your correspondence, and all the material you collect as you become known as the family historian.
The second theme continues on from MethodologyPart 1 with learning basic research skills. You need a solid foundation to apply to your personal research: research planning, evaluating sources and analyzing the information they contain. We will review the subjects of sources and information, and add more about the third factor: evidence. In Part 1 you learned something about transcribing vital or historic documents related to your research work. This will also continue with the skill of abstracting information from sources.
Course Content
Module 1
Introduction...
Getting Started, Some Basic Points
Consistency
Abbreviations
Names
Dates
Locations
Storage of Your Materials
Binders
File folders and Envelopes
File cabinets and Boxes
Developing Research Skills
Research Skills: Transcribing Historic Documents
Transcribing Standards
Punctuation/Diacritical Marks
Handwriting
Obsolete Letters
Dates
Square Brackets and Illegible Words
Comments and Interpretation
Sample Document of a Petition
Module 2
Reference Numbers
Ancestral Reference Numbering System
Descendants Reference Numbering System
Forms To Organize Your Information
Pedigree Chart
Family Group Record
Research Skills: Abstracting Documents
Abstracting Standards
Identifying the Document
Staying Faithful to Original Order
Quotes and Extracts if Useful
Spelling, Dates
Illegibility
Clarification
Module 3
Forms - Part 1
Research Activity
Daily Journal
Address & Telephone Directory
Location
Research Checklist
Research Skills: Review of Sources & Information
Sources
Information
Evidence
Proof
Module 4
Forms - Part 2
Information Request
Resource Centres and Websites
My Ancestors and My Ancestors Descendants
Difficult Searches
Research Skills: Genealogical Proof Standard
"Evidence" and "Proof"
Genealogical Proof Standard
Sample Proof Argument
Research Planning
Module 5
Additional Forms
Expense Journal
Precious Documents Inventory
Family Mementoes
Family Information Request
Personal Diary
Organizing All Your Precious Documents
Major Disasters
Module 6
Research Skills: Citing Your Sources
Core Elements for Original Sources
Core Elements for Derivative Sources
Core Elements for Online Sources
Structure
Census Example
Vital Record Example
Book Example
Chapter/Article Example
Website Examples
Database Example
Digital Image Example
Recommended Reading
Summary: Getting Organized
Words of Encouragement
Summary: Research Skills
Bibliograpy
Handy Forms
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