Methodology and SkillsBoard for Certification of Genealogists BCG Bonus webinars

Genealogical Fingerprints: Merging and Separating Identities in Family History Research

J. H. ("Jay") Fonkert, CG®

Mar 15, 2016

1.8K views

Syllabus

Content

Welcome

0:53

Speaker's Introduction

0:49

Introduction

5:00

3-D Genealogy

1:24

Keys to Identity

11:14

Same Names

5:24

Variant Names

8:25

Different Names

3:13

Separating Identities

13:53

Merging Fragmented Identities

6:01

Conclusion

3:26

Questions / answers

11:16

Syllabus

About this webinar

Merging or separating identities is a core genealogical problem. Sometimes we find a person of the same name in several different places over time. Other times, we find two easily confounded people in the same place and time. A series of short case studies illustrates the importance of certain identity.

About the speaker

J. H. ("Jay") Fonkert, CG®

J. H. (“Jay”) Fonkert, CG, specializes in 19th-century Kentucky and Midwest family history research. His passions are family migrations and historical geography. He was Coordinator for the Midwest cou...

Learn more...

Loading comments...