|

Evidentia and the Genealogical Proof Standard

By

So how does Evidentia support the tenets of the Genealogical Proof Standard?

Element of the GPS
Supported by Evidentia
Reasonably exhaustive search
  • Evidentia’s Research Summary Report tallies the current breadth of cited source material in an easy to review format.
  • Evidentia’s source first approach encourages a thorough cataloguing of source material, often uncovering minor facts that might otherwise not be captured by a researcher using other software.
Complete and accurate citation of sources
  • Evidentia REQUIRES citations before a researcher can draw ANY conclusions.
  • All Evidentia reports include proper citations of source materials.
  • Evidentia’s customizable Citation Templates insures consistent citations written based on the researcher’s preferred methodology.
Analysis and correlation of the collected information
  • Evidentia requires that EVERY assertion be analyzed for quality and acknowledged with an ‘analysis’ paragraph before any conclusions can be drawn.
  • By not hard linking claims to subjects, Evidentia encourages capturing not only positive evidence, but also conflicting and even ‘missing’ evidence.
Resolution of conflicting evidence.
  • Evidentia’s Analyze Evidence screen brings all relevant assertions together in one place, encouraging the researcher to weigh the source of information and review conflicting evidence.
  • Where conflicting evidence may add confusion when included as supporting information in a standard genealogy program, Evidentia is built from the start to accept, and indeed expect, this kind of data.
Soundly reasoned, coherently written conclusion.
  • When analysis is complete, Evidentia unlocks a separate Summary Conclusion box for documenting the current conclusion based on ALL the evidence. The Summary Conclusion is prominently featured in Evidentia’s Genealogical Proof Report, the center piece of Evidentia
  • Evidentia’s Summary Conclusion is always presented in the context of all individual assertions, holding the researcher accountable for all the relevant information, and insuring a response that can be reviewed for credibility.

Similar Posts

Evidentia Meets the 1790 US Census – Part Two
| | | |

Evidentia Meets the 1790 US Census – Part Two

By

In my last post, I documented the claims I chose to catalogue for a 1790 US Census record for Gilmanton, NH. I tried to demonstrate how even the vaguest of information can provided clues we can use in our research. If you remain unconvinced, that’s OK. Hopefully this post, which will show you a sample…

Evidentia Proof Reports on Ancestry.com Family Trees
| | |

Evidentia Proof Reports on Ancestry.com Family Trees

By

Editor’s note: I recently engaged a few members of the online community in a discussion about integrating the use of Evidentia with Family trees at ancestry.com. While its pretty common to complain about the lack of quality data in any given Ancestry tree, In that discussion I decried the lack of data fields provided by…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *