SLIG - Advanced Genealogical Methods

Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG, CGL, FASG, and newest FUGA edits the National Genealogical Society Quarterly and is widely known for his analytical use of indirect evidence. Tom will be teach methods of research, analysis, correlation, and compilation. Participants in the Advanced Genealogical Methods course are requested to complete two reading assignments before arriving, as well as three in-course homework assignments. Participants in this course are sure to leave with new tools for gleaning information from every record type.

Topics to be covered will be:

Developing an Evidence Orientation

Developing Research Questions and Hypotheses; Planning an Exhaustive Search

Transcribing, Abstracting, Extracting, Quoting, and Documenting Sources

Archival Research

Federal Research: Government Documents

Census, Census-Substitute, and Name-List Strategies: Analysis, Interpretation, and Correlation

Military and Pension Records Strategies: Analysis, Interpretation, and Correlation

Tax Roll Strategies: Analysis, Interpretation, and Correlation

Rural and Urban Map Strategies: Analysis, Interpretation, and Correlation

Local Land Records: Analysis, Interpretation, and Correlation

Federal Land Records: Analysis, Interpretation, and Correlation

Probate Strategies: Analysis, Interpretation, and Correlation

Bringing Law to Bear on Complex Genealogical Problems

Special Problems I: Finding Immigrant and Migrant Origins

Special Problems II: Identifying Female Ancestors

Special Problems III: Identifying Landless, Enslaved, Peasant, and Other Impoverished Ancestors

Resolving Conflicting Evidence

Correlating Sources, Information, and Evidence to Solve Genealogical Problems

Writing Genealogy

Continued Advancement

This course is currently full, but interested parties can email UGA to be placed on the waiting list.