Thursday, September 13, 2012

What is a ‘Reasonably Exhaustive Search? A Webinar


Michael Hait, a very renowned, and respected genealogists from Delaware, gave a Webinar Wednesday (sponsored by Legacy Family Tree) in which he gave a lecture on doing an exhaustive evidence search in using the Genealogical Proof Standard to do genealogy.

Michael discussed what a “reasonably exhaustive search” is, why it is necessary, and how to conduct a search.

He gave a case study of his own family who lived in Stanford, Connecticut, and New York. This is where he used the Genealogical Proof Standard – was his ancestor born in Connecticut or New York.

See how he used “direct evidence” and “indirect evidence” to solve the problem.

He has put three articles on his website that you may like to read http://michaelhait.wordpress.com  

•“How to conduct a ‘reasonably exhaustive search’ for relevant records”

•“Finding what you are not looking for”

•“Does a ‘reasonably exhaustive search’ include online family trees?”

This was the 83rd Webinar that they have given at Legacy Family Tree website. They have been giving them for 2 years, and they had 1,500 participants this time on Wednesday.

I encourage you to take part in these Webinars. He has some of the most important genealogists in the world who participate. They are very informative, and they are FREE!

Go to www.legacyfamilytree.com/webinars

2 comments:

DuSyl said...

Hi,

You packed in alot of info. Thanks so much for posting it. I can see I can benefit from it. I will have to read your other post too. Your great.

Thank you,
DuSyl of dusyl.blogspot.com

Elizabeth Lapointe said...

Hi, DuSyl.

Thank you.I was so engaged by the Webinar that Michael gave - it was so great!

I have posted over 700 times, so there is a lot to read.

Elizabeth