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Every genealogist has multiple situations of merging and separating identities in their research. This is a prevalent challenge for researchers of all levels to first identify the situation, and then apply techniques to merge or separate identities, often of same-named individuals.
Merging and Separating Identities highlights two poignant categories in solving cases that require merging and separating identities: identifiers (or descriptors) and methodologies. Identifiers are described and include names, ages, occupations, signature or literacy, financial status, geographic location, wives’ and children’s names, religion, and more. Those identifiers are used in a variety of methodologies that ultimately solve cases. Methodologies include timelines, mapping, naming conventions, FAN club analysis, macro environmental factors, and indirect or negative evidence. 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.
