{"id":6483,"date":"2018-03-13T18:41:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T18:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=6483"},"modified":"2018-03-13T18:41:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T18:41:05","slug":"genealogical-standards-are-specific-and-vague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=6483","title":{"rendered":"Genealogical Standards are Specific and Vague"},"content":{"rendered":"

from 13 March 2014 on our old blog site<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m still reading\u00a0Genealogy Standards<\/a><\/i>. Reading it again is perhaps a more accurate word.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>It is important for those who purchase the book, either as a part of their certification process or just as a part of their own genealogical education, that they remember what the\u00a0Genealogy Standards<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>is not. It is not a complete how-to book. It is not a list of sources. The\u00a0Genealogy Standards<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>is a list of\u00a0benchmarks against which genealogical research is to be\u00a0measured and compared.<\/p>\n

It is not a specific how-to guide, but standards\u00a0guidelines in any profession are not usually how-to guides. That’s what classes and other trainings are for. It’s short and to the point, more in the sense of reminders for what a researcher should be doing instead of a specific list of sources to check.<\/p>\n

I don’t read\u00a0Genealogy Standards<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>with the intent of seeing a list of suggestions that will help me with my Rufus\u00a0D. Stephens, my Benjamin Butler, or my Hinrich Mueller. However, as I read the standards, particularly the ones in regards to documentation and research, I should be asking myself:<\/p>\n