After analyzing all my evidence, I realized that I had enough indirect evidence to hypothesize that her father was William Keaton. In my most recent project, I compiled a lot of prior research I had done on a brick wall problem about my third great grandmother, Lucinda Keaton. Information (Primary, secondary, or undetermined) Source (Original record, derivative record, or authored narrative) I’ve been studying Genealogy Standards, a book published by The Board for Certification of Genealogists to better understand the different parts of analysis:
It is so fun to comb through what I’ve already gathered about a research question and look for clues to help me see where to go next in my research. In our Research Like a Pro study group, one of the first assignments is to analyze existing evidence.
