October Book Review
Each month we review one of the books from our Genealogy Book Store powered by Amazon.com.
If you are interested in having us review a specific book in an upcoming edition please contact us.
This month we are reviewing Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian by Elizabeth Shown Mills.
This short book, only 124 pages long, provides some excellent information about how to analyze the quality
of your sources and record the information properly. It is a must have for the serious genealogist who is
dedicated to making sure research is done by the numbers. Here's what some readers had to say:
"Proof! You need proof, the more the better. Primary evidence is much more important than your
secondary evidence. This book is an excellent source and guidebook to help you do just that.
You should and must document your sources in your family tree. Too many people are just uploading
their family tree willy nilly to net and everybody just takes it for granted that it is correct.
A good genealogist will at all times documents her or her sources for every (and I say every)
bit information that is included in the family tree."
"Elizabeth Mills's Evidence! is the best single source for genealogical documentation.
Every genealogist should be required to own it. This is an EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT little book
and everyone tracing their family history ought to keep one on their desk - and refer to it again
and again. I found Mill's book concise, easy to follow, and invaluable for documenting correctly
all those tricky sources particular to family history."
"If you're a family historian/genealogist, this is a MUST HAVE book. As all serious genealogist know,
citing your sources is one the most important aspects of giving your research the validity it
deserves! This book makes it easy by giving clear and precise examples of citing sources from books,
other family histories, information found on CD's, birth/death/marriage and other court records as well
as citing internet sources".
"Evidence! Citation & Analysis For The Family Historian by experienced genealogist Elizabeth
Shown Mills is a very useful and "user friendly" guide specifically written for family history
researchers and genealogists regardless of their experience levels. Evidence! is about the proper
form, presentation, and documentation of source citations and drawing sound conclusions from often
limited evidence. An absolute "must-read" for anyone devoted to putting together a genealogical history,
Evidence! is an essential, core title for personal, professional, academic, genealogical, and
community library reference collections."
As you can see, serious researchers seem to like this book. Whether it is for you or not depends
on what you are looking to get out of your genealogy work. If you are concerned with the proper
documentation of your work then you should most definitely give this a read.
Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian by Elizabeth Shown Mills can be found in our bookstore.
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