Maybe it’s time we had a “Genealogical Budget Standard.”<\/p>\n
After all, we have a “Genealogical Proof Standard” and a variety of other terms and definitions created by professionals, accrediting bodies, etc.<\/p>\n
But sometimes, amid all the theory, reality rears its ugly head. I can’t afford a copy of every document. I understand why getting as many copies of things is genealogically prudent. There can always be a “new clue” in an unexpected place. I also understand that the\u00a0Genealogical Proof Standard<\/em> does not always mean that we get\u00a0everything,\u00a0<\/em>but it does suggest that we obtain what would reasonably answer our question.<\/p>\n But what if\u00a0 Mr. Ima Really Confusingancestor and four ancestral siblings and ten first cousins all served in the Mexican War and all got pensions? That’s a pricey sum to obtain copies of all those records in hopes that one provides the clue that I need. Of course, I’d obtain first the file on Ima as it may provide good information. I might try next and get any files where the widow lived the longest as those tend to contain more information. I might look at any applications that were denied, contested, or resulted in a special examiner being sent to obtain evidence as those cases tend to have more detail.<\/p>\n But determining where to draw the line when I can’t afford it all–that’s the problem.<\/p>\n Maybe I need a personal Genealogical Budget Standard.<\/p>\n We can call it Genealogical BS.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Maybe it’s time we had a “Genealogical Budget Standard.” After all, we have a “Genealogical Proof Standard” and a variety of other terms and definitions created by professionals, accrediting bodies, etc. But sometimes, amid all the theory, reality rears its ugly head. I can’t afford a copy of every document. I understand why getting as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7825\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}