02/20/2024
I don't know who you are who follow this static site, but thank you. When I made it I hoped to make Genealogy a business, but I simply can't do it. I don't want to promise you what I don't already know about your family, and once I know it, there's simply no way to charge for it.
So instead I'm going to try to write about the process of sorting through the chaff. It's not easy to cross-reference, balance probabilities, and come to a sound conclusion. But that's what a good researcher does every day.
EVEN in an abundance of primary sources it takes a lot of work to ensure that sources don't conflict with one another and when they do, decide which to jettison. That's especially true when there's an "off the reservation" source, since every rejection MAY just be a subtle choice to conform to a result that one has already been made emotionally.
We humans are fatally flawed in our obsession to be more "right" than the next guy or gal. Sometimes we just have to say "I don't know."
If anyone has questions about METHODS or STANDARDS, please ask, but I can't help you understand the records of your country, unless your country is the US or Canada. Anything else would be arrogant presumption on my part.
If you need help like that, please contact Family Search. They are the best source for high-quality genealogical consultation in the World.
