[WikiEN-l] Edward Doran

[Carcharoth]

What I'm talking about is having to string together a chain of sources
to come to a conclusion. Here, you can dump the sources that led you
to the shipping list, but if you had had to say "because of
information in source A, we have to interpret source B this way, and
not the normal way", then it becomes less clear.

For example, to be certain you have the right Edward Doran in 1901
(and hence the family details), you would probably need another source
to confirm that he lived in Oldham.

Or to put it another way, if you hopped back through the censuses,
trying to find the name of his grandparents, for example, you increase
the risk of error (as someone who does geneaological research, you
know that already).

So how do you minimise the risk of errors in source-based research?

Carcharoth

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 11:18 AM,  <WJhonson at aol.com> wrote:
>
> In a message dated 4/23/2009 3:16:09 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> carcharothwp at googlemail.com writes:
>
> Now, to  play devil's advocate, at what point does this become original
> research and  synthesis?>>
>
>
> -------------------------------------------
>
> Original Research means that I am creating the source.
> If I am reading the source that is Source-Based Research.
> It is not original just because it's research.
> Research in a library is not original research.  It's just research,
> source-based.
>
> Will
>
>
> **************Big savings on Dell XPS Laptops and Desktops!
> (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219799634x1201361008/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doubl
> eclick.net%2Fclk%3B214133440%3B36002254%3Bj)
> _______________________________________________
> WikiEN-l mailing list
> WikiEN-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit:
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
>