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    1. [MDX] Guidelines & Standards: How to Avoid Mistakes in Genealogy
    2. Ann Sargeant
    3. This Wednesday; possibly places still available, but you'll need to check if interested. Not free but not expensive. Ann ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 17 Nov 2pm Guidelines & Standards: How to Avoid Mistakes in Genealogy It fits, so it must be right! is an all too common a fallacy adopted by budding tracers of ancestry. It is sadly very common, for those accepting of this precept, later to discover an error which renders months, even years, of intermediate research little more that a waste of time. It must be accepted that little research can be claimed to be one hundred percent accurate. However Peter Bailey sets out methods for the critical evaluation and recording of data used in compilation of a pedigree which minimize the likelihood of error. A one-hour lecture with Peter Bailey Details from: Events Co-ordinator Society of Genealogists Library & Education Centre 14 Charterhouse Buildings Goswell Road LONDON EC1M 7BA events@sog.org.uk Tel: 020 7553 3290 http://www.sog.org.uk

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