Documenting Difficult Cases: A Mixed Method Analysis
This Special Issue of <i>Genealogy</i> examines the use of evidence, documentation, and methodology in family history and genealogical studies, and welcomes case studies that examine how to document individuals and relationships. A critical component of scholarly research focusing on the...
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| description | This Special Issue of <i>Genealogy</i> examines the use of evidence, documentation, and methodology in family history and genealogical studies, and welcomes case studies that examine how to document individuals and relationships. A critical component of scholarly research focusing on the study of particular individuals or groups entails correctly identifying those individuals Historians, genealogists, historical demographers, and scholars in other disciplines sometimes undertake this sort of analysis. Often, research is uncomplicated if the research subject remained in a particular geographical area, or left a clear evidentiary trail, but what happens when historical documents do not clearly identify the research subject? Utilizing a case study approach, this essay employs four different research methods—the chronological study, family reconstitution, community study techniques, and the one-name study—to identify an individual whose correct historical identification was problematic. As such, it establishes a research strategy that can be employed in similar situations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3aaf09b6913b41d3b333ff30f3e87ea52023-11-23T16:23:00ZengMDPI AGGenealogy2313-57782022-08-01636910.3390/genealogy6030069Documenting Difficult Cases: A Mixed Method AnalysisThomas Daniel Knight0Department of History, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX 78539, USAThis Special Issue of <i>Genealogy</i> examines the use of evidence, documentation, and methodology in family history and genealogical studies, and welcomes case studies that examine how to document individuals and relationships. A critical component of scholarly research focusing on the study of particular individuals or groups entails correctly identifying those individuals Historians, genealogists, historical demographers, and scholars in other disciplines sometimes undertake this sort of analysis. Often, research is uncomplicated if the research subject remained in a particular geographical area, or left a clear evidentiary trail, but what happens when historical documents do not clearly identify the research subject? Utilizing a case study approach, this essay employs four different research methods—the chronological study, family reconstitution, community study techniques, and the one-name study—to identify an individual whose correct historical identification was problematic. As such, it establishes a research strategy that can be employed in similar situations.https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/6/3/69genealogyidentificationdemographyfamily reconstitutionchronological studyone-name study |
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