Who could resist a class called "Evidence: Let's Get All Sherlock?" Barbara Jean Mathews used various record examples to show how to analyze them to determine reliability or how to resolve inconsistencies.
D. Josh Taylor gave a class on creating an online research plan and suggested that this would be no different than a plan for visiting a physical archive. In other words, set a goal, identify records needed, search and then analyze results. "Think Before You Click."
Paul Milner is one of my favorite speakers; I could listen to him read the phone book in his British accent. He also provides extremely detailed handouts, so we now have a great list of maps and gazetteers for England and Wales.
Using Timelines to Organize, Evaluate and Analyze Evidence was also very useful. We should all make more use of this technique, especially when working on a brick wall.
One of Thursday's tracks was New York Research, so Dick spent the day learning more about New York records, where he has more than one brick wall.
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