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Robert Charles Anderson, FASG, Director of the Great Migration Study Project and author of Elements of Genealogical Analysis says a person is Genealogically Defined when "we have at least one piece of evidence that will lead to the identification of his or her parents, one piece of evidence for each spouse(s), and one piece of evidence for each child."
Sources that qualify:
Vital Records (Birth, Marriage, Death)
Published Genealogies/Histories
Census Records
Published Obituaries
Sources that DO NOT qualify:
Ancestry family trees (if sourced, go to the source, and use that)
Find-a-Grave (if sourced, go to the source, and use that)
Put another way, can you answer YES to each of these questions?
1. Do you have a source that will identify the PARENTS?
2. Do you have a source for each SPOUSE?
3. Do you have a source for each CHILD?
If so, your profile is Genealogically Defined and has a great start on sourcing.
Notice that each of these sources is reciprocal with the person it connects. You can then put that same source on the connected person's profile and begin the process again. (Borrowed from Michael Stills' G2G post.)
If you have a Genealogically Defined profile, unless the WikiTree community develops and adopts a Research Note Box, you can use this:
'''[[Space:Genealogically Defined|Genealogically Defined]]'''
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Genealogically Defined Profile Examples
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In such a case, how must the three children that born and died between 1880 and 1900 be documented to meet the "Genealogically Defined" criteria. I suggest we add this scenario, and similar scenarios, to this page.
An obituary is used for anything besides a date and place of death, such as spouse, children, or siblings, they should have better sources. Obituaries are third level sources. If you use an obituary, try to post an image, if one is available. Bob
https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/988570
It has not been proved that Jane's husband was the son of Alfred and Betsey, nor that the will belonged either to their son or to Jane's husband. Yet each record clearly identifies the parents, the spouse, and the lack of children of *some* John Smith.
Does part of the definition of "genealogically defined" require that the identifying pieces of evidence are all mutually connected through inter-referencing?
This profile is Genealogically Defined.
The way it is currently written an Ancestry tree would qualify and they do not qualify as a credible source here on WikiTree.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Space:Genealogically_Defined
I add this to most of my free-space pages:
It will be a good tool to help check that all the Profiles are entered here.