What is Negative Evidence in Genealogy and Family History @GenealogyTV
What is Negative Evidence in Genealogy and Family History  @GenealogyTV
Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
What do you do when you donโ€™t find the record you expect to find? You have looked high and low and canโ€™t find the records. Do you note the fact that you could not find the record in your research notes? Is this negative evidence or negative findings?

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TIMING
0:00 Intro
0:15 What do you do when you canโ€™t find any records?
1:02 What do you do with negative evidence?
1:30 Where to find the handouts?
3:40 What is negative evidence?
5:27 What is reasonably exhaustive research?
6:13 Direct, indirect and negative evidence
8:35 Negative evidence or negative findings?
9:24 Strategies for reasonably exhaustive research
11:24 Do you add this to your research notes?
13:00 Using a research log
13:45 Why am I not finding my ancestor?
15:18 Conclusion

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