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 		Course 4 Schedule

Alabama Circuit Court Bill of Cost, Fall Term 1852 Course 4:
Advanced Methodology and Evidence Analysis

This course concentrates on problem solving techniques and advanced correlation of evidence for various types of records.

Faculty:


Textbooks: Students should bring with them (or obtain onsite) copies of two reference works for use in class exercises and assignments:
  1. Citation Manual
    • Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007. An electronic downloadable version is available from Footnote.com.

      Note: Mills' QuickSheet: Citing Online Historical Resources Evidence Style does not fill the need.

  2. NARA Finding Aid
    • Pendell, Lucille H. and Elizabeth Bethel. Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, PI no. 17. Washington: National Archives, 1949. [If currently in print at the National Archives, the publication is free. If not, a copy can be purchased from Heritage Books, item P3632.

Prerequisites (your choice): completion of IGHR Course 2, Intermediate Genealogy and Historical Studies; completion of the 16-lesson NGS home-study course, American Genealogy ("graded" option, only); completion of the PLCGS program (Professional Learning Certificate in Genealogical Studies) from the National Institute for Genealogical Studies, University of Toronto; certification by BCG; or accreditation from ICAPGen.

If you do not meet one of the prerequisites but would like to enroll in the advanced course, please submit a research paper demonstrating your skill level in research, documentation and evidence evaluation. Your submission may be a case study, a genealogical narrative, or a biographical sketch -- but not a client report.
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Attn: Course 4
If you choose to submit a work sample for evaluation, in lieu of meeting the class prerequisites, your registration is conditional. Your proposed paper will be promptly evaluated to determine readiness for the class. If the proposed paper has not been received by 1 March, your slot will be released to another qualified applicant. No papers can be accepted for review after 1 March.

Course Schedule:

Pre-Class Assignment: Read first two chapters of Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace (digital or print version) before arriving on campus. This material will serve as a foundation for classwork.

Monday
  • 8:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.: Course Introduction (Mills)
  • 8:20 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Mini-Break
  • 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Mindset and the Principles of Scholarship (Mills)
  • 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Morning Break
  • 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.: Documentation and Evidence Analysis (Mills)
  • 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.: Lunch
  • 12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Tax Roll Strategies: Analysis, Interpretation and Correlation (Mills)
  • 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.: Afternoon Break
  • 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Census Strategies: Analysis, Interpretation and Correlation (Mills)
  • 4:10 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.: Class Exercise and Evaluation of Methodological Principles (Mills)
  • ASSIGNMENT: Source Citation Project -- Hand in Tuesday, 8:00 a.m.
Tuesday
  • 8:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.: Discussion: Citation Project and NARA Intro (Mills)
  • 8:20 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Mini-Break
  • 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Federal Research: Finding Aids (Scott)
  • 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Morning Break
  • 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.: Federal Research: Government Documents (Sayre)
  • 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.: Lunch
  • 12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Immigration Records: Advanced Strategies and Underused Resources (Smith)
  • 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.: Afternoon Break
  • 2:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.: Naturalization Records: Advanced Strategies and Underused Resources (Smith)
  • 4:15 p.m. - 4:25 p.m.: Mini-Break
  • 4:25 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.: Class Exercise: Preliminary Inventories as a Problem-Solving Tool (Mills)
  • ASSIGNMENT: Immigration-Naturalization Project -- Hand in Wednesday, 8:00 a.m.
Wednesday
  • 8:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.: Discussion: Immigration-Naturalization Project (Smith)
  • 8:20 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Mini-Break
  • 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Federal Military Records: Research Strategies (Scott)
  • 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Morning Break
  • 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.: Federal Pension Records: Research Strategies (Scott)
  • 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.: Lunch
  • 12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Local Land Records: Analysis, Interpretation and Corelation (Mills)
  • 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.: Afternoon Break
  • 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: State Land Records: Analysis, Interpretation and Corelation (Mills)
  • 4:00 p.m. - 4:10 p.m.: Mini-Break
  • 4:10 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.: Class Exercise: Citing Gov Docs, Federal Records, and NARA Finding Aids (Mills)
  • ASSIGNMENT: Source Citation Project: Gov Docs and Federal Records -- Hand in Thursday, 8:00 a.m.
Thursday
  • 8:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.: Discussion: Source Citation Project (Mills)
  • 8:20 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Mini-Break
  • 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Federal Land Records: Analysis, Interpretation and Corelation (Mills)
  • 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Morning Break
  • 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.: Probate Research Strategies: Analysis, Interpretation and Corelation (Jones)
  • 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.: Lunch
  • 12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Rural Strategies: Correlation of Land and Church Records, Plats, Legal Issues (Mills)
  • 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.: Afternoon Break
  • 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Urban Strategies: Correlation of Deeds, Maps, Directories (Sayre)
  • ASSIGNMENT: Analysis Exercise -- Read Assigned Material for Discussion Friday Morning
Friday
  • 8:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.: Discussion: Projects & Issues (Mills)
  • 8:20 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Mini-Break
  • 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.: Dissection of Problems and Creation of Research Plan (Mills)
  • 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Morning Break
  • 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.: Evidence Analysis Workshop (Mills)
  • 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.: Review, Completion of Critiques, Certificates, and Farewells (Mills)


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