Posts in September 14, 2024

“I need to prove James was the father of Enoch.” You may hope James was the father of Enoch. You may want James to be the father of Enoch (for one of a variety of reasons). But what you need to do as a genealogist is determine who were James’ children and who was Enoch’s father. It may be that Enoch falls into that list of James’ children. It may be that Enoch’s father is James. As a genealogist, you want to gather all the materials that may provide evidence related to the issue at hand (who are James’ children? who is Enoch’s father?). You don’t want to only look for materials that will provide evidence of a conclusion you’ve already reached before the research has been conducted. […]