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When Records Disagree: Resolving Conflicts and Strengthening Conclusions
Conflicting evidence cannot simply be ignored or quietly discarded. Learn a systematic approach to identifying disagreements, evaluating sources and informants, testing explanations, and documenting a resolution. Memorable case studies involving false identities, name changes, family relationships, and an unexpected steamboat disaster show how contradictions can become powerful clues.
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Resolving Conflict: A Key to Sound Genealogical Conclusions (a 2025 Reisinger Lecture)
with Jennifer Zinck, CG®, CGL®, AG®, AGL™
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Strategies for Resolving Conflicting Evidence (a 2024 Reisinger Lecture)
with Angela Packer McGhie, CG®, FUGA
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The Everleigh Sisters: A Case Study in Conflict Resolution
with Karen Stanbary, CG®, CGG®
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Finding Henrietta: Reconciling Conflicting Evidence to Reveal a Woman’s Identity (a 2022 Reisinger lecture)
with Nicole Gilkison LaRue, CG®, AG
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When Wrong is Actually Right: Constructing Proof Arguments for Counterintuitive Conflicts (a 2022 Reisinger lecture)
with Meryl Schumacker, CG
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Steamer Kate Explosion: Correlating Indirect Evidence to Identify and Correct an Error
with Ann Staley, CG, CGL, FNGS
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