tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post4572323947609534215..comments2023-10-31T12:12:35.050-05:00Comments on The Last Leaf On This Branch: Technology Tuesday - Pulling Evidence from Thin PaperLaura Cosgrove Lorenzanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02794581991087280753noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post-30212967782905599742013-01-13T22:20:50.687-06:002013-01-13T22:20:50.687-06:00Well, technically you didn't miss it, and that...Well, technically you didn't miss it, and that's what's really important, right?! I'm glad you like Evidentia as much as I do and that you appreciated my post. I equally appreciate that you took the time to comment. Thanks!!Laura Cosgrove Lorenzanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794581991087280753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post-38910600276574801652013-01-13T22:18:33.493-06:002013-01-13T22:18:33.493-06:00And a webinar you shall have! Because I like to ma...And a webinar you shall have! Because I like to make my readers happy. Especially those that comment. And are on the Twitter.<br /><br />Tomorrow (Monday) January 14, Dear Myrtle is going to highlight Evidentia on her webinar. Hopefully you'll be able to listen in; if not, it'll be archived. Heh. And, you're very welcome. Laura Cosgrove Lorenzanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794581991087280753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post-42729593505334100252013-01-13T18:35:08.714-06:002013-01-13T18:35:08.714-06:00Hi! I had a bit of a hiccup at the very beginning ...Hi! I had a bit of a hiccup at the very beginning with the program not loading when I wasn't connected to the Internet, but that was quickly resolved when I loaded the Update. Other than that, I haven't run into anything. I'll keep you posted, though. Thanks for taking the time to read and comment, I appreciate it!Laura Cosgrove Lorenzanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794581991087280753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post-6697558167379471172013-01-13T13:23:09.088-06:002013-01-13T13:23:09.088-06:00I'm sorry I missed this post. I just learned a...I'm sorry I missed this post. I just learned about Evidentia from a post at In-Depth Genealogist yesterday. I took a look and downloaded it right away. Spent some time adding sources for on of my ancestor's birth & death events and went through the whole process.<br />Loved the results and plan to use this tool often in the future.<br />You did a great job explaining the process and software. Nice post!!Becky Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04375430428083496025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post-34343613945319688012013-01-13T10:39:13.813-06:002013-01-13T10:39:13.813-06:00Interesting, interesting. I would like to hear and...Interesting, interesting. I would like to hear and see more about this and how it works with the various software options such as Legacy. A webinar would be awesome. Thanks for such a detailed post Laura.Jennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918569120586036647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post-10518182067000521752013-01-12T11:38:44.320-06:002013-01-12T11:38:44.320-06:00I have seen MG before, but have been using FTM sin...I have seen MG before, but have been using FTM since version 2. I'm using Evidentia as an additional tool to enhance my Source record keeping, eliminate my need to create high quality citations(it does it for me) and to provide a place outside the database where I keep my data to analyze the evidence I've amassed. This is how *I'm* using it; I recognize that other researchers/family historians/genealogists may not use it the same way or find it as helpful. <br /><br />BTW, as I'm moving to a new, online family tree on Ancestry, I simply copy and paste the information from the tree into Evidentia, so I don't have to do double entry and/or risk making an error. <br /><br />Thanks for reading the post and commenting!Laura Cosgrove Lorenzanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794581991087280753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post-39765878418426011142013-01-12T11:11:29.252-06:002013-01-12T11:11:29.252-06:00Sonja, I'm in the same position, but I felt th...Sonja, I'm in the same position, but I felt that the extra time and effort would provide a result that I'm exceedingly happy with. Truly, going back over each document and pulling Claims has been a great teaching/refresher tool; I'm exercising my thought process as to what a 'claim' is, and even finding evidence I didn't realize some of the documents hold. That's great in and of itself. Laura Cosgrove Lorenzanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794581991087280753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post-45793660585130492472013-01-11T09:00:19.999-06:002013-01-11T09:00:19.999-06:00I use The Master Genealogist software. It has tha...I use The Master Genealogist software. It has that functionality for grading and evaluating your evidence and was one of the reasons I selected it. Have you ever checked it out? How do you tie in Evidentia to your genealogy software or your ancestry.com tree without duplicating your efforts?<br /><br />Thanks for the info!kcdillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03317157847998523589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post-29534930508275385722013-01-10T21:57:12.570-06:002013-01-10T21:57:12.570-06:00I remember reading about Evidentia when they were ...I remember reading about Evidentia when they were looking for beta testers, but I just didn't have the time to do it. From your description, it sounds like it is right up my alley. I had already decided that I needed to do a better job getting my sources in order this year and I think this could be a great tool to re-evaluate what I have and see what I need to work on. I'll just need to make the time to do the data entry.Sonja Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882161369011476773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post-91741774617333952432013-01-09T22:26:28.922-06:002013-01-09T22:26:28.922-06:00Laura, I have nominated you for a Blog of the Year...Laura, I have nominated you for a Blog of the Year 2012 award. Here's the link: http://bit.ly/UXG7Yc Mariann Reganhttp://mariannregan.authorsxpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post-7011346369551637652013-01-09T19:44:52.188-06:002013-01-09T19:44:52.188-06:00Really interested to hear how your experience with...Really interested to hear how your experience with it has gone after a few weeks of use. I downloaded it over the holidays and have started testing it out. I ran into a few bugs but the developer, Ed, has been very responsive and said they should be fixed by the next release.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post-70976867418407017992013-01-09T19:05:23.412-06:002013-01-09T19:05:23.412-06:00Mariann, Evidentia can create the reports, but it&...Mariann, Evidentia can create the reports, but it's not just regurgitating the data you've entered, it's requiring you to analyze that data, qualify the quality of it and create a Summary Conclusion. It holds your hand as you take a piece of evidence and glean all that you can from it, then takes everything you've gleaned and allows you to analyze that as a whole. I, too, use FTM and Ancestry online, although I've kept my online tree strictly private. It more closely resembles a tree using the GPS and I'm so very excited about my ability, using Evidentia, to truly do a reasonably exhaustive search.<br />I'd suggest taking a look at the video tutorials; I linked to them in the post and they're a free way to see the software in action.<br />Glad you liked it, as always!Laura Cosgrove Lorenzanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794581991087280753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post-28439448327701390792013-01-09T18:57:58.650-06:002013-01-09T18:57:58.650-06:00I stumbled over Ed's post on December 17th (ht...I stumbled over Ed's post on December 17th (http://evidentia.ed4becky.net/tada/)and clipped it to take a look at it 'when I had a minute'. LOL Needless to say, it wasn't until the 20th that I read the post and downloaded Evidentia. I was just amazed at what it could do, as well as the other ways I could see it being used. I contacted Ed right away, but told him I didn't see any point in doing a blog post during the height of the holidays, and that I'd wait until the 8th for the first real Tech Tuesday of the year. <br /><br />I'm so happy that lots of people are commenting and (apparently) seriously looking at it; I truly believe this is going to change the quality of my research analysis exponentially. Not to mention be a significantly better repository (database) for all the source material I've acquired over the last 20 years. :-)Laura Cosgrove Lorenzanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794581991087280753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post-13760146272841042052013-01-09T13:46:06.073-06:002013-01-09T13:46:06.073-06:00This sounds like a satisfying way to analyze evide...This sounds like a satisfying way to analyze evidence. So you're saying each Claim with Subject's "Info Quality" you can rate as Primary, Secondary, or Unknown, and then each Claim's "Evidence Quality" can be Direct, Indirect, or Negative. I think I can understand this distinction enough to try it out? And I really like the idea that the software takes you step-by-step through the Genealogical Proof Standard! Plus that the database does citations.<br /><br />Right now I'm using FTM, so that my sources and evidence are in the form of "hints" accepted or ignored. Ignored hints are mostly public trees, but I keep them set aside as "clues" for more evidence, too. That's unwieldy -- yours sounds better.<br /><br />Through ancestry.com (combined with FTM) I can generate Register Reports, so that in the end I can submit all this information (many hundreds of ancestors) to genealogy libraries and some primary documents to archives somewhere. Probably Evidentia can produce something like Register Reports?<br /><br />Thank you for this post, Laura!Mariann Reganhttp://mariannregan.authorsxpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post-56249741288897566552013-01-09T08:59:01.215-06:002013-01-09T08:59:01.215-06:00Found Ed's post the other day by accident and ...Found Ed's post the other day by accident and was curious. Clipped it to Evernote for follow up this week. I'll be curious to see how this software can be utilized to make some of my research blog posts better/faster as well.<br /><br />Hoping to get cracking on this in the coming weeks. Thanks for highlighting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541316737018192375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post-71485606134697705542013-01-09T06:51:38.730-06:002013-01-09T06:51:38.730-06:00Kathleen, I certainly hope this is something you c...Kathleen, I certainly hope this is something you can use, and I hadn't even thought of using it in a collaborative manner! Thanks for commenting here, and please do let me know what you find after 'kicking the tires'.Laura Cosgrove Lorenzanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794581991087280753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post-7376231394394865902013-01-09T06:49:02.323-06:002013-01-09T06:49:02.323-06:00You're welcome, Jenny. Very happy you found it...You're welcome, Jenny. Very happy you found it interesting.Laura Cosgrove Lorenzanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794581991087280753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post-80577776458942397012013-01-09T06:28:17.047-06:002013-01-09T06:28:17.047-06:00I passed this post to a few of the Interns/Assista...I passed this post to a few of the Interns/Assistant Researchers for review. They want to check out all the features and try it. So going to download today. This may be just what we need, when doing joint work on a client. Thanks for sharing. Kathleen, a3genealogy.comKathleen Brandt, Professional Genealogisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14985508112616184739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post-76083540041712772632013-01-08T22:04:29.992-06:002013-01-08T22:04:29.992-06:00I agree: intriguing! Thanks for sharing this inf...I agree: intriguing! Thanks for sharing this info.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806796962636367671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post-68324455640808768742013-01-08T19:37:06.373-06:002013-01-08T19:37:06.373-06:00Becky! You were, absolutely, one of the people tha...Becky! You were, absolutely, one of the people that I thought would find this intriguing. I really hope it works well for you; keep me (us) posted! Laura Cosgrove Lorenzanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794581991087280753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post-86727948312010687902013-01-08T19:21:13.882-06:002013-01-08T19:21:13.882-06:00Very intriguing, indeed. I've been waiting for...Very intriguing, indeed. I've been waiting for this to be available and have just downloaded the program. I have several very specific ancestors / research "problems" to try this out on! Becky Wisemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08074730861618500334noreply@blogger.com