| Methodology-Part 2: Organizing and Skill-Building 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 from Methodology-Part 1: Getting Started with learning basic research skills. You need a solid foundation to apply to your personal researchresearch 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 Methodology-Part 1 you learned something about transcribing 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
Storage of Your Materials
Recap
Developing Research Skills
Research Skills: Transcribing Documents
Transcribing Standards
Punctuation/Diacritical Marks
Obsolete Letters
Dates
Square Brackets and Illegible Words
Comments and Interpretation
Recommended Reading
Module 2
Reference Numbers
Ancestral Reference Numbering System
Descendants Reference Numbering System
Forms To Organize Your Information
Pedigree Chart
Family Group Record
Developing Research Skills
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
Organizing Your Information Using Forms
Forms - Part 1
Research Forms
Research Log
Daily Journal
Address & Telephone Directory
Location
Research Checklist
Developing Research Skills
Research Skills: Sources, Information & Evidence
Sources
Information
Evidence
Proof
Module 4
Organizing Your Information Using Forms
Forms - Part 2
Information Request
Resource Centres & Websites
My Ancestors and My Ancestors Descendants
Difficult Searches
Developing Research Skills
Research Skills: Genealogical Proof Standard
Evidence and Proof
Genealogical Proof Standard
Sample Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS) Proof Argument
Research Planning
Recommended Reading
Module 5
Additional Forms
Expense Journal
Precious Documents Inventory
Special Family Memento
How Has Your Family Changed? [Family Information Request]
Personal Diary
Organizing Precious Documents & Photographs
Major Disasters
Summary of Getting Organized
Module 6
Developing Research Skills
Research Skills: Citing Your Sources
Core Elements for Original Sources
Core Elements for Derivative Sources
Core Elements for Online Sources
Structure
Example Citations
Summary of Research Skills
Recommended Reading
Handy Forms
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