“Inside the book, there is an entirely new Chapter 3. This chapter simplifies the citation writing process by introducing 14 new templates employing seven essential elements..."| Genealogical.com
Sources provide information, from which we identify evidence for analysis. A conclusion drawn from sound analysis may then stand as proof. In these two sentences, Elizabeth Shown Mills defines the proper use of sources to come to valid conclusions in historical research. Your Stripped Bare Guide, Mrs. Mills’ latest work on citing and using historical […] The post Your Stripped Bare Guide to Citing & Using History Sources, by Elizabeth Shown Mills appeared first on Genealogical.com.| Genealogical.com
As history researchers, we are also biographers studying individual lives for many reasons. Whether our fascination with a person is born of respect or revulsion, the more we pursue our subject, the more difficult it is to be objective.| Genealogical.com
As active researchers and writers, there is often a need—or at least a temptation—to cite ourselves as an authoritative source for a particular point. Whether it is appropriate to do so depends upon the circumstances.| Genealogical.com
Modern genealogists are blessed to have billions of records easily available—in print, in some derivative format, and as images online.| Genealogical.com
Each assertion we make as history researchers must be supported by proof. However, proof is not synonymous with a source. The most reliable proof is a composite of information drawn from multiple sources that meet three criteria.| Genealogical.com