Hi Victor I would be looking at more recent editions, I think 2009 is the latest but there may be a newer one <http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Citations_%28Evidence_Style%29> But I suspect you would need more in the piggy bank :-( Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 07/03/2014 22:14, Victor Markham wrote: > Just did a Google > > The book is available from Amazon for £12.46 better hurry only 3 left! > > Victor > > On 07/03/2014 10:04 PM, Louis Mills wrote: >> >> Hi, Missing Lincs, >> >> It has been a week of going thru some of our neighboring lists' postings (like you, not all my relatives are from Lincolnshire), and I was distracted by all the postings where people had mentioned a relative and a related family, only to have several others write and tell them "You're wrong". >> >> Now, I know we're all human (at least recent generations are) and we all make mistakes, but most of the errors seems to be from what I would call "jumping to conclusions". My trainign when I joined the Sheriff's department taught me to check all the evidence. The Lieutenant would tell us, "You have to look at any evidence that might prove the suspect innocent, even if they've confessed." We need to do that with our family trees, too. >> >> There's a book out that was recommended to me a few years back by a librarian at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City: "Evidence Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian" by Elizabeth Shown Mills, pub. 1997, ISBN 978-0806315430. It costs about $20 in the US. >> >> I'm going to put a note on the Frige, "What I want for my birthday:" and list the book. I haven't read it, but from what I've heard it's a great guide. You might find some reviews online. The only ones I have seen look like they were written by the publisher. If you've read it, share with the list what you thought were the strong points and the weak points. >> >> Lou (list admin.)

Here is Elizabeth Shown Mills website... http://historicpathways.com I only see her book with a 2009 date on that site. Regards, Karen Glass, Illinois LFHS # C6288 Blog: http://familyhistorywithalookingglass.blogspot.com [email protected] PORTEOUS DNA Surname Project (includes PORTAS) - http://www.familytreedna.com/public/porteous Researching in: UK--Lincolnshire, Yorkshire; USA--Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan; CA--Ontario; [includes other spelling variations] PORTEOUS; PORTAS; PORTUS; VAMPLEW; VANPLEW; PATCHETT "Give Peace a Chance" On 7Mar2014, at 4:37 PM, Nivard Ovington <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Victor > > I would be looking at more recent editions, I think 2009 is the latest > but there may be a newer one > > <http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Citations_%28Evidence_Style%29> > > But I suspect you would need more in the piggy bank :-( > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 07/03/2014 22:14, Victor Markham wrote: >> Just did a Google >> >> The book is available from Amazon for £12.46 better hurry only 3 left! >> >> Victor >> >> On 07/03/2014 10:04 PM, Louis Mills wrote: >>> >>> Hi, Missing Lincs, >>> >>> It has been a week of going thru some of our neighboring lists' postings (like you, not all my relatives are from Lincolnshire), and I was distracted by all the postings where people had mentioned a relative and a related family, only to have several others write and tell them "You're wrong". >>> >>> Now, I know we're all human (at least recent generations are) and we all make mistakes, but most of the errors seems to be from what I would call "jumping to conclusions". My trainign when I joined the Sheriff's department taught me to check all the evidence. The Lieutenant would tell us, "You have to look at any evidence that might prove the suspect innocent, even if they've confessed." We need to do that with our family trees, too. >>> >>> There's a book out that was recommended to me a few years back by a librarian at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City: "Evidence Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian" by Elizabeth Shown Mills, pub. 1997, ISBN 978-0806315430. It costs about $20 in the US. >>> >>> I'm going to put a note on the Frige, "What I want for my birthday:" and list the book. I haven't read it, but from what I've heard it's a great guide. You might find some reviews online. The only ones I have seen look like they were written by the publisher. If you've read it, share with the list what you thought were the strong points and the weak points. >>> >>> Lou (list admin.) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message