This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fouquet, Fuqua Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wYX.2ACEB/827 Message Board Post: The following is a portion of the introduction to the book Evidence! Citation and Analysis for the Family Historian, by Elizabeth Shown Mills (published in 1997 by the Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore). "Successful research - research that yields correct information with a minimum of wasted time and funds - depends upon a sound analysis of evidence. Source citation is fundamental, but it is not enough. The validity of any piece of evidence cannot be analyzed if its source is unknown. Citing a worthless source is an effort that produces worthless results... Research, evidence, citation, and analysis are inseparable. Evidence is the vehicle that moves our research from curiosity to reality. Citation and analysis are the twin highways that get us there, smoothly and safely." The book provides guidelines for beginning researchers to experts on how to approach evidence and analysis in a consistent and logical manner. The use of these guidelines will improve the quality and credibility of one's work. Frank Fuqua