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Course image Methodology - Part 2: Organizing and Skill-Building
Basic Methodology
Course Summary:
Optional Print Course Material - Methodology 2 - Organizing and Skill Building
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Methodology-Part 2: Organizing and Skill-Building has two underlying themes. One is to help you organize your paperwork and all the other documents or family material you will be collecting.
The second theme reviews the subjects of sources and information, and evidence.
Contact Hours: 18
Grading Scale: 70% Tests/30% Assignments
Course Length: 8 weeks
COURSE CONTENT
MODULE 1
ORGANIZING & SKILL-BUILDING
Getting Started…Some Basic Points
Consistency
Abbreviations
Storage of Your Materials
DEVELOPING RESEARCH SKILLS
Research Skill: Transcribing Documents
Transcribing Standards
Punctuation/Diacritical Marks
Handwriting
Obsolete Letters
Dates
Square Brackets and Illegible Words
Comments and Interpretation
MODULE 2
ORGANIZING YOUR INFORMATION
Reference Numbers
Ancestral Reference Numbering System
Descendants Reference Numbering System
Forms to Organize Your Information
Pedigree Chart
Family Group Record
DEVELOPING RESEARCH SKILLS
Research Skills: Abstracting Documents
Abstracting Standards
Identifying the Document
Staying Faithful to Original Order
Quotes and Extracts if Useful
Spelling, Dates ...
Illegibility
Clarification
MODULE 3
ORGANIZING YOUR INFORMATION USING FORMS
Forms – Part 1
Research Forms
Research Log
Daily Journal
Address & Telephone Directory
Location
Research Checklist
DEVELOPING RESEARCH SKILLS
Research Skills: Sources, Information & Evidence
Sources
Information
Evidence
Proof
MODULE 4
ORGANIZING YOUR INFORMATION USING FORMS
Forms – Part 2
Information Request
Resource Centres & Websites
My Ancestors and My Ancestors’ Descendants
Difficult Searches
DEVELOPING RESEARCH SKILLS
Research Skills: Genealogical Proof Standard
“Evidence” and “Proof”
The Genealogical Proof Standard
Sample Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS) Proof Argument
Research Planning
MODULE 5
ORGANIZING INFORMATION USING FORMS
Additional Forms
Expense Journal
Precious Documents Inventory
Special Family Memento
How Has Your Family Changed?
Personal Diary
Organizing Precious Documents & Photographs
Major Disasters
Summary of Getting Organized
MODULE 6
DEVELOPING RESEARCH SKILLS
Research Skills: Citing Your Sources (Citations)
Core Elements for Original Sources
Core Elements for Derivative Sources
Core Elements for Online Sources
Structure
Example Citations
Vital Record
Civil Registration
Book
Chapter/Article
Online Family Tree
Database
Digital Image
Summary of Research Skills
MODULE 1
ORGANIZING & SKILL-BUILDING
Getting Started…Some Basic Points
Consistency
Abbreviations
Storage of Your Materials
DEVELOPING RESEARCH SKILLS
Research Skill: Transcribing Documents
Transcribing Standards
Punctuation/Diacritical Marks
Handwriting
Obsolete Letters
Dates
Square Brackets and Illegible Words
Comments and Interpretation
MODULE 2
ORGANIZING YOUR INFORMATION
Reference Numbers
Ancestral Reference Numbering System
Descendants Reference Numbering System
Forms to Organize Your Information
Pedigree Chart
Family Group Record
DEVELOPING RESEARCH SKILLS
Research Skills: Abstracting Documents
Abstracting Standards
Identifying the Document
Staying Faithful to Original Order
Quotes and Extracts if Useful
Spelling, Dates ...
Illegibility
Clarification
MODULE 3
ORGANIZING YOUR INFORMATION USING FORMS
Forms – Part 1
Research Forms
Research Log
Daily Journal
Address & Telephone Directory
Location
Research Checklist
DEVELOPING RESEARCH SKILLS
Research Skills: Sources, Information & Evidence
Sources
Information
Evidence
Proof
MODULE 4
ORGANIZING YOUR INFORMATION USING FORMS
Forms – Part 2
Information Request
Resource Centres & Websites
My Ancestors and My Ancestors’ Descendants
Difficult Searches
DEVELOPING RESEARCH SKILLS
Research Skills: Genealogical Proof Standard
“Evidence” and “Proof”
The Genealogical Proof Standard
Sample Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS) Proof Argument
Research Planning
MODULE 5
ORGANIZING INFORMATION USING FORMS
Additional Forms
Expense Journal
Precious Documents Inventory
Special Family Memento
How Has Your Family Changed?
Personal Diary
Organizing Precious Documents & Photographs
Major Disasters
Summary of Getting Organized
MODULE 6
DEVELOPING RESEARCH SKILLS
Research Skills: Citing Your Sources (Citations)
Core Elements for Original Sources
Core Elements for Derivative Sources
Core Elements for Online Sources
Structure
Example Citations
Vital Record
Civil Registration
Book
Chapter/Article
Online Family Tree
Database
Digital Image
Summary of Research Skills