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Document Analysis: Digging into Details

Angela Packer McGhie, CG, FUGA
Jan 18, 2023
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Welcome
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About BCG
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Speaker's Introduction
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Introduction
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Source Analysis
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Information Analysis
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Case Study 1
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Case Study 2
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Evidence
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Announcements
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Questions / answers
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About this webinar

Analyzing documents for reliability, context, and information can help solve challenging research problems. Genealogists mine documents for information and clues to other records. They evaluate the details in the records looking for evidence to answer research questions. This session will demonstrate how to analyze documents and provide a list of questions to use in your own analysis.

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About the speaker

Angela Packer McGhie, CG, FUGA
Angela Packer McGhie, CG, FUGA, is passionate about genealogy education. She serves is a trustee for the Board for Certification of Genealogists and the BCG Education Fund. She coordinates courses at national genealogical institutes and is a popul
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  1. Richard ACHESON
    2 years ago

    The will of Rebecca Sly indicates William Dalton was a merchant of the Kingdom of France. The pedigree chart suggests he died in America. Being originally of the channel islands, business in or with France appears a real possibility. Perhaps he was a merchant in the Province of Quebec in North America, running merchandise between there and France in Europe? Quebec was part of France until 1763 I believe. You might try searching for records in Quebec.

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  2. V. Harding
    2 years ago

    Absolutely Amazing. Thank you.

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    Christine Rubalcava
    2 years ago

    I enjoyed this, there is always something new to learn

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    Beverly Anderson
    2 years ago

    Very informative.

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    Cynthia Davis
    2 years ago

    thought provoking

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    Mary Barron
    2 years ago

    very well done showed a lot of information on how to do reasearch

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    Tina E Dorofeychuk
    2 years ago

    Incredibly helpful and informative. Many thanks to everyone for putting this webinar together.

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    Catherine Pfister
    2 years ago

    Very informative, gave me new ideas for research.

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