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 		Course 4 Schedule

Crystal Dean, Richard Sims, and Helen Ruth Sims Course 4:
Advanced Methodology and Evidence Analysis

This course concentrates on problem solving techniques and advanced correlation of evidence for various types of records.

Faculty:


Textbooks: Students should bring with them (or obtain onsite) copies of two reference works for use in class exercises and assignments:
  1. Citation Manual (Choose one)
    • Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.
    • Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007

      Note: Mills' QuickSheet: Citing Online Historical Resources Evidence Style does not fill the need.

  2. NARA Finding Aid
    • Pendell, Lucille H. and Elizabeth Bethel. Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, PI no. 17. Washington: National Archives, 1949. [If currently in print at the National Archives, the publication is free. If not, a copy can be purchased from Heritage Books, item P3632.

Prerequisites (your choice): completion of IGHR Course 2, Intermediate Genealogy and Historical Studies; completion of the 16-lesson NGS home-study course, American Genealogy ("graded" option, only); certification by BCG; or accreditation from ICAPGen. If you do not meet one of the prerequisites but would like to enroll in the advanced course, please submit a paper demonstrating skill level in research, documentation and evidence evaluation before April 1, 2008 to:
Elizabeth Mills
c/o IGHR, Samford University Library
800 Lakeshore Drive
Birmingham, AL 35229
Course Schedule:

Monday June 9, 2008
  • 8:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.: Course Introduction (Mills)
  • 8:20 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Mini-Break
  • 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Mindset and the Principles of Scholarship (Mills)
  • 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
  • 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Documentation and Evidence Analysis (Mills)
  • 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
  • 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Tax Roll Strategies: Analysis, Interpretation and Correlation (Mills)
  • 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Census Strategies: Analysis, Interpretation and Correlation (Mills)
  • 4:10 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.: Class Exercise and Evaluation of Methodological Principles (Mills)
  • ASSIGNMENT: Source Citation Project -- Hand in Tuesday
Tuesday June 10, 2008
  • 8:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.: Discussion: Citation Project (Mills)
  • 8:20 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Mini-Break
  • 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Federal Research: Finding Aids (Scott)
  • 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
  • 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Federal Research: Government Documents (Sayre)
  • 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
  • 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Federal Research Strategies: Integrating Resources (Mills)
  • 2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.: Hands-On Problem-Solving with Preliminary Inventories (Mills)
  • 3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Stack Tour of GovDocs Library (Mills/Sayre/Scott)
  • 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.: Directed Research (Mills/Sayre/Scott)
  • ASSIGNMENT: GovDocs Project -- To be Submitted by Thursday morning
Wednesday June 11, 2008
  • 8:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.: Return of Citation Project and Discussion of GovDocs Project (Mills)
  • 8:20 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Mini-Break
  • 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Naturalization Research Strategies (Paulin)
  • 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
  • 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Military and Pension Research Strategies (Scott)
  • 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
  • 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Local Land Records: Analysis, Interpretation and Corelation (Mills)
  • 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: State Land Records: Analysis, Interpretation and Corelation (Mills)
  • 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.: Directed Research in GovDocs Library (Mills/Paulin)
  • ASSIGNMENT: GovDocs Project -- Continued Exploration, as Time Permits
Thursday June 12, 2008
  • 8:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.: Discussion: GovDocs Project (Mills)
  • 8:20 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Mini-Break
  • 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Federal Land Records: Analysis, Interpretation and Corelation (Mills)
  • 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
  • 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Probate Research Strategies: Analysis, Interpretation and Corelation (Jones)
  • 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
  • 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Rural Strategies: Correlation of Land and Church Records, Plats, Legal Issues (Mills)
  • 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Urban Strategies: Correlation of Deeds, Maps, Directories (Sayre)
  • ASSIGNMENT: Analysis Exercise -- Read Assigned Material for Discussion Friday Morning
Friday June 13, 2008
  • 8:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.: Return of GovDocs Project (Mills)
  • 8:20 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Mini-Break
  • 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.: Dissection of Problems and Creation of Research Plan (Mills)
  • 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Morning Break
  • 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.: Evidence Analysis Workshop (Mills)
  • 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.: Review, Completion of Critiques, Certificates, and Farewells (Mills)


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