The Research Like a Pro Genealogy Podcast

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RLP 119: Revisiting Research Reports Oct 19, 2020

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Today's episode of Research Like a Pro is about how to write a research report after your have completed your research plan. Typically a client report is about research in progress. You discuss what was found in the amount of time that was allotted. A report for yourself can be similar. Discuss the starting objective and what was known, then go through the searches that were performed and what was found. Join us as we discuss how to begin, what voice to use, the major sections of the report, adding tables and footnotes, and more. We have enjoyed revisiting the research like a pro steps with you! We hope you will write a report about your research to help you remember what you found.

Links

Research Like a Pro Part 6: Write it Up

RLP 104: Research Reports – Certification Preparation

RLP 89: DNA Report Writing

RLP 59: Writing As You Research

RLP 9: Report Writing

Research Like a Pro eCourse

Study Group - more information and email list

Research Like a Pro: A Genealogist's Guide by Diana Elder with Nicole Dyer on Amazon.com

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RLP 118: Revisiting Research Logs Oct 12, 2020

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Today's episode of Research Like a Pro is about recording your searches in a research log. We talk about the benefits of using spreadsheet over a document for a log and discuss the tools we like to use - Excel, Google Docs, Airtable. We go over an example from Diana's Nancy (Briscoe) Frazier research log for how to fill out the columns. We also discuss what to do with your research log when you get ready to write your report - how to correlate all the information, put the puzzle pieces together, make an outline, compare and contrast information, and write your conclusion.

Links

RLP 8: Research Logs

RLP 88: DNA Research Logs

RLP 90: Goldie May – Research Assistant and Log

Nancy (Briscoe) Frazier Research Log - Diana's example log saved as a PDF

Nancy Briscoe Frazier Research Project - Diana's research project document, including her original research objective

RLP 90: Goldie May – Research Assistant and Log

Research Ties

Research Like a Pro eCourse

Study Group - more information and email list

Research Like a Pro: A Genealogist's Guide by Diana Elder with Nicole Dyer on Amazon.com

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RLP 117: Revisiting Source Citations Oct 05, 2020

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Today's episode of Research Like a Pro is about creating reference note citations for your genealogical sources. In this fifth part of our revisiting the Research Like a Pro steps series, we discuss crafting citations the first time you look at a source and saving that in your research log (which we will discuss next week). Following your research plan, creating citations, and research logging all happen simultaneously. Tune in to hear more about the five elements of a source citations - who, what, when, where is, where in, and some common questions people have about them.

Links

Nancy (Briscoe) Frazier Research Log - see examples of citations in a research log

RLP 103: Creating Layered Source Citations

RLP 84: DNA Source Citations

RLP 7: Source Citations

Research Like a Pro eCourse

Study Group - more information and email list

Research Like a Pro: A Genealogist's Guide by Diana Elder with Nicole Dyer on Amazon.com

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RLP 116: Revisiting Research Planning Sep 28, 2020

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Today's episode of Research Like a Pro is about research planning. How do you know which sources to search? It comes from the work you've done previously. You have reviewed all the known information and organized it chronologically. You have reviewed the locality and what records are available. Now create a hypothesis and think of records that could test it. Brainstorm a list of sources to search that could answer your objective and then prioritize them.

Links

Nancy Briscoe Frazier Research Project - including the research plan on page 5

Research Like a Pro, Part 4: What's the Plan?

RLP 6: Research Planning

Mary Kircher Roddy, "John C. Ahern a.k.a John Lockren of Sonoma and Alameda Counties, California : Who Were His Parents," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 107 (September 2019): 219-230. - This the NGSQ article about a man who went by two surnames that Nicole mentions.

Research Like a Pro eCourse

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Research Like a Pro: A Genealogist's Guide by Diana Elder with Nicole Dyer on Amazon.com

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RLP 115: Revisiting Locality Research Sep 21, 2020

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Today's episode of Research Like a Pro is about locality research. As we revisit the steps of the research like a pro process, we are discussing Diana's project about Nancy Briscoe. Nancy lived in several places, but this objective focused on her early years, during which time she lived in Arkansas and Missouri. Diana created two simple locality guides for two Missouri counties and used the Arkansas state guide she had already created. We discuss how to make your own locality guide to become familiar with the place you are researching and the records that are available there.

Links

Nancy Briscoe Frazier Research Project - Diana's research project document, including her original research objective

Diana's Arkansas Locality Guide

RLP 4: Locality Research Part 1

RLP 5: Locality Research Part 2

RLP 18: How to Create a Locality Guide

Research Like a Pro eCourse

Study Group - more information and email list

Research Like a Pro: A Genealogist's Guide by Diana Elder with Nicole Dyer on Amazon.com

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RLP 114: Revisiting Timelines and Analysis Sep 14, 2020

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Today's episode of Research Like a Pro is about the second step in the research like a pro process - timelines and analysis. This is where you gather everything you know about the objective - previous research, known information from published trees, etc. You compile it into a timeline, then analyze each piece of information for reliability. We talk about source, information, and evidence analysis.

Links

Airtable DNA Research Log for Multiple Test Takers - by Nicole at Airtable Universe

Diana's Timeline for Nancy Briscoe - via Google sheets

Nancy Briscoe Frazier Research Project - Diana's research project document, including her original research objective

RLP 3: Analyze Your Sources

Research Like a Pro Part 2, Analyze Your Sources blog post by Diana

RLP 58 – Track Your Family with a Timeline – A Tale of Two Swedes

Research Like a Pro eCourse

Study Group - more information and email list

Research Like a Pro: A Genealogist's Guide by Diana Elder with Nicole Dyer on Amazon.com

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RLP 113: Revisiting Objectives Sep 07, 2020

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Today's episode of Research Like a Pro is the first in our new series of revisiting the research like a pro steps. We start with discussion he beginning of any research project: objectives. Diana shares her research objective for a project we will be following through this series:

The objective for this project is to discover more about the life of Nancy E. Briscoe, born 7 February 1847 in Benton County, Arkansas. Nancy married Richard Frazier about 1865 in Missouri and died 30 January 1924 in Love County, Oklahoma.

Links

Nancy Briscoe Frazier Research Project - Diana's research project document, including her original research objective

RLP 2: Research Objectives

Research Like a Pro Part 1: What's Your Questions (Research Objectives), post by Diana

Am I Researching the Wrong Person? Research Objectives Can Help, post by Nicole

Genealogy Standards by the Board for Certification of Genealogists - affiliate link to Amazon

Mastering Genealogical Proof by Tom Jones - affiliate link to Amazon

Research Like a Pro eCourse

Study Group - more information and email list

Research Like a Pro: A Genealogist's Guide by Diana Elder with Nicole Dyer on Amazon.com

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RLP 112: Family Search Hints Aug 31, 2020

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Today's episode of Research Like a Pro is about how FamilySearch hints can point you to new record collections you may not have known about. We discuss some essential considerations for using hints and suggestions for doing additional research after attaching a hint.

Links

The Value of Family Search Hints by Diana

Research Like a Pro eCourse

Study Group - more information and email list

Research Like a Pro: A Genealogist's Guide by Diana Elder with Nicole Dyer on Amazon.com

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RLP 111: FamilySearch and the GPS Aug 24, 2020

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Today's episode of Research Like a Pro is about the FamilySearch Family Tree and how to add your conclusions in a way that meets the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS). We go through each of the 5 elements of the GPS and discuss the opportunities in the tree to provide source citations, reason statements, and written conclusions.

Links

How to Improve the FamilySearch Family Tree by Applying the Genealogical Proof Standard

BCG Ethics and Standards - Board for Certification of Genealogists discussion of standards and the GPS

Genealogy Standards by the Board for Certification of Genealogists (affiliate link to Amazon) - to read the full Genealogical Proof Standard, we recommend purchasing a copy of this standards manual.

Creating a New Source on FamilySearch Family Tree

Source Citations: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Research Like a Pro eCourse

Study Group - more information and email list

Research Like a Pro: A Genealogist's Guide by Diana Elder with Nicole Dyer on Amazon.com

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RLP 110: Certification Development Activities Aug 17, 2020

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Today's episode of Research Like a Pro is about the second portfolio element for certification: development activities. In this element, you list the genealogy-related activities that helped you prepare for certification. We discuss several educational opportunities and how they help you learn more about genealogy standards, records, and methodology.

Links

Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) - website

Educational Activities - Board for Certification of Genealogists website with list and links to all the institutes and academic institutions that provide genealogy courses

BCG Application Guide (2019)

BCG Rubrics (2019)

Previous episodes about certification:

RLP #104 : Research Reports – Certification Preparation

RLP #101: Proof Arguments – Certification Preparation RLP #99: Writing a Narrative Family History – Certification Preparation RLP 86: Mining Records for Research Opportunities – Certification Preparation

Research Like a Pro eCourse

Study Group - more information and email list

Research Like a Pro: A Genealogist's Guide by Diana Elder with Nicole Dyer on Amazon.com

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