Discover Your Past: Evaluating Evidence

Genealogists are confronted with many bits of evidence about our ancestors, but which family story or which post on the Internet should we trust? Why do we invest so much of our energy into the citation of sources? The intriguing answer is that not all sources are created equally. Evaluating Evidence is built on this simple question and answer. According to some, there are no historical resources we can trust at face value. Records simply offer evidence, and their assertions may or may not be true. To decide what likely happened, we must understand those records. Speaker: Roger Marble, professional genealogist.