Learn how to create a helpful index. Use the trail these rats leave to gather information about them and your more respectable ancestors as well. This talk presents the basics of what can be found, guidelines for writing clerks, searching in courthouses and primary preparation for a Court House visit. He also discusses what the GDM will do for the discipline of genealogy. No prior knowledge of the GDM is needed to benefit from this lecture.
Sources can be accurate, helpful, misleading, false, and impossible to evaluate.
And one source can be all of these. Knowing how to practice healthy skepticism, especially on the Web, can save the family researcher time and trouble. Using examples, we'll learn how to glean the gold from the glitter and how to assign surety to our conclusions. An informed preservation strategy is the first step and is as essential for preserving old documents and heirlooms as it is for preserving electronic records. This lecture presents strategies for preserving both.