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Subject: Here's a link to the overall definition of GPS, along with six videos
Author: eGENEee
Date: Thursday, June 11, 2015
Classification: Query
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Here are the five elements of the Genealogical Proof Standard, defined by the Board for Certification of Genealogists:
http://www.bcgcertification.org/resources/standard.html
There is also a good series of online videos (by Ancestry.com) re: each element at youtube.com:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0xuz8BBkD4jfsZ9sdWL1qjd9eclwhzL6
I just started applying these to my research, and it's amazing how much more effective it is. I thought I was a "seasoned researcher," but in reality I wasn't even a "researcher," by these standards! Wow!
Read these, use these if you have any desire to "do" REAL genealogy.