I'm working on the definition of "genealogical statements." I'm curious what other researchers may have to think.
At some point the research and the analysis must end and the
writing must begin. Typically at that point the genealogist usually should be
able to make some sort of genealogical statement about the people involved from the records that have been researched and analyzed.
Genealogical
Statements:
·
Express a relationship between two
individuals (biological, legal, social, or otherwise) perhaps at a certain
point in time. The point in time may or may not be precise and some details may
be lacking. In fact, in some cases, precision is not possible nor is it
realistic.
·
Locate an individual taking part in
an event at a reasonably certain point in time in a certain capacity.
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Michael, what first springs to my mind is a photograph, although I don't think this was what you had in mind by "statement". But a group photograph can express a relationship between people - as fundamentally as locating these individuals in the same place at the same moment in time (or even a relationship between the photographer and his or her subject).
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