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The Second Day of the PGSA Conference

Posted on September 9, 2006 by Steve

Saturday at the conference was pretty much full of lectures with a few hours for meals. Most of the lectures I attended today were presented by Mikołaj Petraszak Dmowski, a guest lecturer from Poland who present five hours of lectures on … Continue reading →

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The First Day of the PGSA Conference

Posted on September 8, 2006 by Steve

I woke up at 5:15 this morning to catch my flight to Chicago .  Pretty much everything went smoothly – no traffic to the airport, the plane was on time .  My plane was scheduled to arrive at 3 PM … Continue reading →

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Getting Ready for the PGSA Conference

Posted on September 7, 2006 by Steve

On Friday, I leave for the 28th Annual Conference of the Polish Genealogical Society of America (PGSA) in Schaumburg, Illinois (just outside of Chicago). I’ve lined up a tentative schedule from the choices for concurrent sessions: Friday The Importance of the … Continue reading →

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The FGS Conference and a Surprise for Steve Danko

Posted on September 3, 2006 by Steve

Today’s article is written by Barbara Poole, who kindly offered to write about her experiences at the FGS Conference, and then surprised me with the report that my Blog was featured in one of the lectures at the conference! I, myself, will be attending the … Continue reading →

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The Bremen Emigration Lists

Posted on August 29, 2006 by Steve

Doug Bowerman left a comment on the August 27 post Stefania Chmielewska Arrives at Ellis Island, where I mentioned that my Great Aunt Stefania had sailed on the SS Barbarossa from Bremen to New York .  Doug had read that the … Continue reading →

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When Was Census Day?

Posted on August 20, 2006 by Steve

The United States Decennial Census has been conducted on different days throughout its history, and the information contained in the census might be interpreted in different ways, depending on whether the information was accurate as of the official day of … Continue reading →

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Primary and Secondary Information

Posted on August 18, 2006 by Steve

The information contained within a source, whether the source is original or derivative, may be Primary Information or Secondary Information. PRIMARY INFORMATION:  details originally recorded at the time or close to the time of an event by a participant, eyewitness, or … Continue reading →

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New Definitions of Original Source and Derivative Source (A Proposal)

Posted on August 16, 2006 by Steve

The definitions for Original Source and Derivative Source provided in the literature sometimes don’t seem to fit the needs of genealogists .  In particular, the literature places exact images such as photocopies and microfilm images in the category of Derivative Sources … Continue reading →

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Original Sources, Derivative Sources, Exact Images, and Original Records

Posted on August 15, 2006 by Steve

A few days ago, I wrote about using A Preponderance of Evidence to come to a conclusion in genealogical studies, and in that article I provided the definition of Original Source as published in The BCG Genealogical Standards Manual: “original source:  … Continue reading →

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The Genealogical Proof Standard

Posted on August 13, 2006 by Steve

When evaluating the quality of genealogical information and the sources in which that information appears, genealogists are often confronted with conflicting data .  Thus, the concept of a preponderance of the evidence has been adopted from the legal profession and applied to … Continue reading →

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