Evidence Mining & Context: Powerful Tools to Dig Deep (a 2024 Reisinger Lecture)
Rebecca Whitman Koford, CG, CGL
Content
Speaker's Introduction
1m 30s
Introduction
9m 21s
Identify Boilerplate
3m 20s
Will of Catherine Hope
11m 4s
Mexican War Records
7m 27s
Medical Issues in Family
8m 11s
Writing to Interpret
9m 3s
Questions / answers
2m 43s
About this webinar
The standards are not just for measuring our abilities, they are working tools to help us advance our research opportunities. This lecture will use case study examples to show how Standard 40, Evidence Mining, and Standards 12, 60, 64, 73, and 74 relating to context lead to more effective research methodology and success in our research goals.
This class is presented live at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City as part of the Joy Reisinger Memorial Lecture Series and is being broadcasted by Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
About the speaker
Rebecca Whitman Koford holds credentials as a Certified Genealogist ® and as a Certified Genealogical Lecturer. She focuses on research in Maryland, Upstate New York, Virginia, the District of Columbi...
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Comments (45)
Examples and stories explaining each point were really interesting and helpful for understanding how "context" significantly improves our interpretation of records.
Easy to follow with good examples
As always, Rebecca's presentations are chock full of actionable suggestions, great examples of how to use resources to build a story within a context, and traces of humor.
Very useful and interesting webinar. Thank you
Rebecca is very personable and strikes a perfect balance between keeping her lectures interesting and informative.
Great presentation, I learned a lot about how to use the genealogy standards . Will be reading the syllabus again .
It was very helpful to understand how to apply the standards!
Love it! I cannot wait to start working on it!