Elizabeth Shown Mills is an expert researcher and family historian. Her works include top selling books on proving and citing sources: Evidence!: Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian and Evidence Explained, Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace. Mills has also written a number of Quicksheets covering research methodologies designed to improve the accuracy and success of the overall research process.
Elizabeth has authored a 2 page laminated guide called Quicksheet: Your Stripped-Bare Guide to HISTORICAL ‘PROOF’. According to Mills, proof is a conclusion we reach from a body of evidence. No single source can serve as proof. No one piece of information can provide it. No one bit of evidence can stand alone.
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In a clean and clear format, Mills provides a most basic, yet useful, overview to evaluating historical resources to find the Proof. Here is what you will find in the guide:
Side 1
A precise definition and explanation of ‘proof,’ followed by a brief explanation on ‘Evaluating the Source,’ ‘Evaluating the Information,’ and ‘Evaluating and Processing the Evidence.’ In three-short, bulletized columns, you learn the basics to identifying useful sources and their reliability.
Side 2
A clear and simple chart, a ‘Process Map,’ outlining historical research from the source through evidence and down to ‘Proof.’
Trust me, when you read the guide this will all make sense!
Get your copy of Elizabeth Shown Mills’ new guide, Quicksheet: Your Stripped-Bare Guide to HISTORICAL ‘PROOF’, from Family Roots Publishing