Evaluating Databases and Overcoming Their Errors

Date:

Friday, Mar 22

Time:

9:45 - 10:45 am

Room:

255B

Session ID:

G35

Type:

Presentation

Difficulty:

Intermediate

Track:

Genealogist

Syllabi:

Database_Evaluation_and_Errors_ (PDF)
Database_Evaluation_and_Errors_ (DOC)

Description

Databases have errors and limitations, but those are often hidden. Their size makes it hard to evaluate the value of their information. Here are the secrets and tactics you need to understand and use all genealogical databases better.

Presenters

Kory L. Meyerink

KORY L. MEYERINK, MLS, AG, FUGA, Founding partner of ProGenealogists in Salt Lake City, a division of Ancestry.com. Formerly with the Family History Library. Past President of UGA, founding director of the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. Editor and author of Printed Sources, adjunct professor for BYU and San Jose State University.