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One Grid, Every Lead: Working the Research Log
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Post 17 left us with Lafayette Braddock’s Birth plan framed and saved. Subject picked, claim type set, a research question on record.…
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Evidentia 4 Now Speaks More Than English (Experimentally)
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Evidentia 4 shipped with a feature we didn’t announce: the program’s interface can now be displayed in languages other than English. This…
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Before You Search: Framing a Research Question in the New Research Plan
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Post 16 ended with a research question I hadn’t actually written down anywhere: where in Canada, specifically, did Lafayette and Mary Braddock…
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From a Census Image to a Cataloged Claim: A Form Assistant Walkthrough
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I didn’t know where Essie Braddock Hayward’s parents were born until I transcribed one row of a census form. This is a…
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Transcribe Once, Catalog Faster: Introducing the Form Assistant
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I built the Form Assistant because a census page hands you a dozen or more facts about one household — names, ages,…
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What’s New in Evidentia 4: A First Look
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Evidentia 4 is out, and I want to walk through what’s actually new in it now that the release itself isn’t the…
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Moving to Evidentia 4, Whatever Version You’re Coming From
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Moving your research to a new version of Evidentia can feel risky — you don’t want anything to get lost. The good…
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Merge Duplicate Subjects Without Losing Evidence
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Merged two databases and now have the same ancestor twice? How to merge duplicate subjects in Evidentia without losing a single proof.
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Merge Database: Combining Two Evidentia Files Into One
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Combine two Evidentia research files into one with Merge Database. How it differs from Restore, and what to expect afterward.