Resolution of Conflicting Evidence | Genealogical Proof Standard | Ancestry

Join Crista Cowan for the fifth in our series on the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS). Step four is "resolution of conflicting evidence." You will learn both WHY this is such an important step in your research process and HOW to do it.
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[@edgewaterz]

Search is turned off for Ancestry's KZbin video channel so we can't search for "Genealogical Proof Standard" to find the rest of the series. So it would be helpful if you can add links to the other videos for this series in the description. Thanks for your videos!

[@AncestryUS]

Hey there, and thanks so much for watching! We just took a look and we were able to search our channel for videos related to the Genealogical Proof Standard. We found a 7 part series that we'll link here for you which we hope can be of some assistance: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJe1Y6yCqL2obpo Thank you very much for stopping by so we could provide this!

[@edgewaterz]

@@AncestryUS Thanks for the link! The search box is there now too. Thank you!

[@AncestryUS]

We're absolutely delighted to hear that, thanks so much for letting us know! Please feel free to get in touch should you have any further queries in the future. 🙂

[@GigisDesigns]

Crista may times you reference not climbing someone else's tree. Which leads me to a question or a few, do you only add members to your database once you have the proof that you are seeking? Do you add those who you are researching to the database but just don't link them to your tree or do you keep the info in a notebook (electronic or paper) until you are ready to actually add them to your tree? I am just a bit confused how you keep everything organized in the process of getting to that proved person. When you mention location resolution - do you ever use lat/long coordination points to set the location since that will not necessarily change but the boundary of a state/country/etc may?

[@bwsmyhero]

My maternal grandmother, whom I never knew, was shown on her gravestone as dying in 1994, yet my mother, who died in 1989, remembered getting the call about her death. The death certificate would tell me, but unfortunately, it’s not available in a search of records. I can’t find an obituary for her, either, and everyone who would have known is deceased. I really wish I had started our family genealogy sooner!

[@AncestryUS]

What was your grandmother's name when she died? Where did she die?

[@pamelamorrison3458]

Waiting on my copy of Genealogy standards to arrive in the mail.

[@daneliachappell4106]

I had someone ask for my ID once. She then wrote on the form she was filling out "Darlene Campbell" for my name. I have no clue why she took my ID if she wasn't going to use it. My name was correctly spelled on the card in front of her. I was not a happy camper!

[@florafaunaful]

Boundary changes: it's something I'm really struggling with. My parents were born in East Prussia, which is now being listed on ancestry as Lithuania. They were not born in Lithuania (it was German at the time). From 1912-1915 or so, it was Lithuanian, and thereafter it was German again til after the war. The records on ancestry under "east Prussia (Poland)" but the transcription is stated the places in Lithuania. All wrong! I hope the team at "Ancestry.de" will brush up on their German history!!!! I found some documents all the same, but still surprised that it happened.

[@AncestryUS]

It's great that you understand border changes that happen throughout history. There are records created all throughout our ancestors lives that reflect various locations based on the current geographical and political nature of the times. When an official government document is created and Ancestry indexes that document, we index what is on the document. We do not change it to reflect anything other than what was reported at the time. However, how a location is listed in your own family tree is entirely up to you.

[@bethb2610]

On your Mary E and Elizabeth example, I have another possible example for you. I have come across the same type of thing but have found that the woman had been married a couple of times and there was conflicting reports of what her actual "maiden" name was.

[@AncestryUS]

That does happen.

[@kaleahcollins4531]

Or might not want to identify as Black. Please dnt go around that