Advanced Genealogical Methods (Jones)
 
order subject to change
Monday    
8:30 — 9:45 am Developing an Evidence Orientation Jones
10:15 — 11:30 am Developing Research Questions and Hypotheses; Planning an Exhaustive Search Jones
1:00 — 2:15 pm Archival Research P. Sayre
2:45 — 4:00 pm Federal Research: Government Documents R. Sayre
4:00 — 4:15 pm Assign Homework 1  R. Sayre
Tuesday    
8:00 — 8:30 am Homework 1 Debrief R. Sayre
8:30 — 9:45 am Military and Pension Records Strategies: Analysis, Interpretation, and Correlation R. Sayre
10:15 — 11:30 am Transcribing, Abstracting, Extracting, Quoting, and Documenting Sources Jones
1:00 — 2:15 pm Census, Census-Substitute, and Name-List Strategies Jones
2:45 — 4:00 pm Probate Strategies: Analysis, Interpretation, and Correlation Jones
4:00 — 4:15 pm Assign Homework 2 (Transcribing) Jones
Wednesday    
8:00 — 8:30 am Homework 2 Debrief Jones
8:30 — 9:45 am Local Land Records: Analysis, Interpretation, and Correlation Jones
10:15 — 11:30 am Tax Roll Strategies: Analysis, Interpretation, and Correlation Jones
1:00 — 2:15 pm Bringing Law to Bear on Complex Genealogical Problems Russell
2:45 — 4:00 pm Special Problems I: Enslaved, Peasant, and Other Impoverished Ancestors Jones
4:00 — 4:15 pm Assign Homework 3 (Cammack Case) Jones
Thursday    
8:00 — 8:30 am Homework 3 Debrief Jones
8:30 — 9:45 am Special Problems II: Finding Immigrant and Migrant Origins Jones
10:15 — 11:30 am Special Problems III: Identifying Female Ancestors Jones
1:00 — 2:15 pm Federal Land Records: Analysis, Interpretation, and Correlation Jones
2:45 — 4:00 pm Resolving Conflicting Evidence Jones
4:00 — 4:15 pm Assign Homework 4 (Buss Case) Jones
Friday    
8:00 — 8:30 am Homework 4 Debrief  Jones
8:30 — 9:45 am Rural and Urban Map Strategies: Analysis, Interpretation, and Correlation R. Sayre
10:15 — 11:30 am Correlating Sources, Information, and Evidence to Solve Genealogical Problems Jones
1:00 — 2:15 pm Writing Genealogy Jones
2:45 — 4:00 pm Continued Advancement Jones