Posts in May 18, 2025

When you use a statement from a source in your genealogical writing, there’s more to it than just creating a citation to indicate precisely where you found that statement. You also must determine the perceived reliability of that statement before you decide to include it in your genealogical writing. Just because a statement appears in a document, record, book, or website does not make it true. Just because you know how to cite that document, record, book, or website does mean that statements from it are true either. Evidence must be evaluated as well as cited.