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You’re a good writer and a strong researcher. You have been told that by mentors, instructors, peers, and probably even your family! But then why does it seem like sometimes your written product doesn’t work? Perhaps it is a case study, a client report, or a family narrative. It may have been during a course, peer study group, or institute setting that you struggled with putting it all together. Simply stated, it is titled assemblage. It is the writing, splicing, dicing, editing, and piecing together of your proof arguments in your research and writing.
Assemblage: Preparing, Writing, and Revising Proof Arguments aims to help genealogists who believe that their proof arguments could be improved with focused and insightful techniques. These techniques focus on structuring proof arguments which are driven by different research situations such as conflicting evidence, indirect evidence, and negative evidence. Selecting and learning to apply varied assemblage strategies are taught. Additionally, researchers will learn getting started, choosing voice and verb tense, crafting topic sentences and segues, writing conclusions and introductions, fine-tuning layout and design, and proofreading and revising for maximum effect. Exercises included.
Dr. Joyce is a genealogy researcher whose personal work has focused on her Iowa, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin ancestors who immigrated from England, Germany, Ireland, and Norway. In 1998, she begin managing the marketing initiatives at Genealogy.com which prompted researching her own family. Jan holds the CG and CGL credentials from the Board for Certification of Genealogists as well as the AG accreditation from The International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists. Her genealogy career is focused on researching and writing about her own family as well as teaching research methodology. Jan manages the ProGen Study Groups, the ProGen Practicum certification preparation group, and was pivotal in relaunching the GenProof Study groups.
