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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:
- 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.
- 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 paper demonstrating skill level in research, documentation and evidence evaluation before March 1, 2009 to:
Elizabeth Mills
c/o IGHR, Samford University Library
800 Lakeshore Drive
Birmingham, AL 35229
If you choose to submit a work sample for evaluation, in lieu of meeting the class prerequisites, your registration
is conditional. Your proposed paper must be submitted within 30 days of your tentative registration. It will be
promptly evaluated to determine readiness for the class. If the proposed paper has not been received within
this 30-day window, your slot may 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. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
- 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Documentation and Evidence Analysis (Mills)
- 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
- 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Tax Roll Strategies: Analysis, Interpretation and Correlation (Mills)
- 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
Tuesday
- 8:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.: Discussion: Citation Project (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. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
- 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Federal Research: Government Documents (Sayre)
- 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
- 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Federal Research Strategies: Integrating Resources (Mills)
- 2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.: Hands-On Problem-Solving with Preliminary Inventories (Mills)
- 3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Stack Tour of GovDocs Library (Mills/Sayre/Scott)
- 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.: Directed Research (Mills/Sayre/Scott)
- ASSIGNMENT: GovDocs Project -- To be Submitted by Thursday morning
Wednesday
- 8:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.: Return of Citation Project and Discussion of GovDocs Project (Mills)
- 8:20 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Mini-Break
- 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Military Research Strategies (Scott)
- 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
- 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Pension Research Strategies (Scott)
- 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
- 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Local Land Records: Analysis, Interpretation and Corelation (Mills)
- 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: State Land Records: Analysis, Interpretation and Corelation (Mills)
- 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.: Directed Research in GovDocs Library (Mills/Scott)
- ASSIGNMENT: GovDocs Project -- Continued Exploration, as Time Permits
Thursday
- 8:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.: Discussion: GovDocs 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. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
- 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Probate Research Strategies: Analysis, Interpretation and Corelation (Jones)
- 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
- 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Rural Strategies: Correlation of Land and Church Records, Plats, Legal Issues (Mills)
- 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.: Return of GovDocs Project (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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