Genealogy Books - Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian

Back to Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian

Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating:

Summary: A Must have
Comment: If you're a family historian/genealogist, this is a MUST HAVE book. As all serious genealogist
know, citing your sources is one the most important aspects of giving your research the validity it
deserves! This book makes it easy by giving clear and precise examples of citing sources from
books, other family histories, information found on CD's, birth/death/marriage and other court
records as well as citing internet sources.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Excellent Resource
Comment: I have carried this book with me everywhere I've gone to do genealogical research. Taking the time
to properly cite my sources as I gather them has saved me tons of time when going back over my
notes. This book is well written, and the appendix with its clear examples is what I use most.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Specifically written for family history researchers
Comment: Evidence! Citation & Analysis For The Family Historian by experienced genealogist Elizabeth Shown
Mills is a very useful and "user friendly" guide specifically written for family history researchers
and genealogists regardless of their experience levels. Evidence! is about the proper form,
presentation, and documentation of source citations and drawing sound conclusions from often limited
evidence. An absolute "must-read" for anyone devoted to putting together a genealogical history,
Evidence! is an essential, core title for personal, professional, academic, genealogical, and
community library reference collections.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Absolutely essential for any genealogist
Comment: Every serious family researcher should be not only aware of, but thoroughly familiar with, the late
Richard Lackey's _Cite Your Sources,_ which, on its publication in 1981, quickly became the Bible of
genealogical source citation. Many, however, are not aware that Lackey was inspired by an article
published more than two decades ago by Elizabeth Mills -- another name that all genealogists should
be familiar with. Ms. Mills, one of our field's most popular and influential conference speakers,
and for the past fourteen years the very capable editor of the _National Genealogical Society
Quarterly,_ has steadily promoted the cause not only of improved genealogical writing but of the
rigorous and systematic analysis of material that must precede good writing. This relatively brief
and very accessible volume distills and codifies her advice in three main areas: the principles
behind source citation, the formats in which citation should be cast, and the fundamentals of
evidentiary analysis itself. "Effective citation is an art," she says, but it's an art that anyone
may learn who makes the effort to understand the motivation for careful citation and the factors
underlying the carefully thought-out formats she recommends. And whatever the source of information
-- courthouse land records, family Bibles, cemetery markers, microfilmed census registers,
unpublished manuscripts, electronic e-mail, or a videotaped family reunion -- you will find multiple
examples of each in this book. Even more important, to my mind, are her thirteen concisely explained
points of genealogical analysis, from the distinction between direct and indirect evidence and
between quality and quantity, to the importance of custodial history and her reminder that "the case
is never closed on a genealogical conclusion." For all these reasons, this book is a must-have for
every genealogist (and historian, librarian, and archivist).

Customer Rating:

Summary: Easy reference for proper citations
Comment: This is the premier book for easily finding the proper format for citing source documents. This is
THE book to show you how to write your references for microfilm, online web sites, email, cemeteries
and other sources of information you collect to document your family history. This book has many
charts which show you exactly how to reference all of the research material you are likely to
encounter as a genealogist or family historian.

Back to Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian

Showing page 2 of 3
1 | 2 | 3 |