{"id":11418,"date":"2020-03-15T09:13:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T14:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=11418"},"modified":"2020-03-15T09:13:23","modified_gmt":"2020-03-15T14:13:23","slug":"writing-up-a-picture-proof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/15\/writing-up-a-picture-proof\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Up a Picture Proof"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/keith-michael-david-neill-birthday-1974.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11419\" width=\"276\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/keith-michael-david-neill-birthday-1974.jpg 903w, https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/keith-michael-david-neill-birthday-1974-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/keith-michael-david-neill-birthday-1974-768x816.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><figcaption>Michael, Keith, and David Neill, taken 1974 (probably April), Carthage, Hancock County, Illinois.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes writing up genealogical proof can seem overwhelming. It does not have to be. If writing something regarding a family living in the 18th century seems like too large of a task, then start small. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dating pictures&#8211;and including your reasons&#8211;can be a good way to start writing up genealogical analysis at a rudimentary level and getting your feet wet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This picture of my Dad, my brother, and I was probably taken in April of 1974. My reasons for this can be stated simply:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The picture is stamped &#8220;Jul 1974.&#8221; This is a development date. <\/li><li>My brother and I appear to be ages consistent with a 1974 photograph date (years of birth not included in this blog post&#8211;they would be in an actual blog post). <\/li><li>The picture contains a birthday cake. <\/li><li>There are too many candles to be a cake for either of the boys in the picture. <\/li><li>We are not wearing summerweight clothes in the pictures (my birthday is in June), so it would have to be my Dad&#8217;s birthday (April) or my brother&#8217;s birthday (October). <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Try to state facts in groups if possible. In this little example, there&#8217;s not too much analysis included. If you feel that you are not equipped to write genealogical analysis, try starting on your pictures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/genealogy-tip-of-the-day-book\/\">Genealogy Tip of the Day&nbsp;<\/a><\/em>book is here and it\u2019s not written to help you research your \u201cfamous ancestors.\u201d It\u2019s written to help with all of them.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/genealogy-tip-of-the-day-book\/\">Learn more about it and get your own copy<\/a>.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes writing up genealogical proof can seem overwhelming. It does not have to be. If writing something regarding a family living in the 18th century seems like too large of a task, then start small. Dating pictures&#8211;and including your reasons&#8211;can be a good way to start writing up genealogical analysis at a rudimentary level and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153978,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153978"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}