AF-1238: Same Name Ancestors, Part 3: The Proof Case Method | Ancestral Findings Podcast

Same name ancestors can fool even careful researchers because the records are close enough to look convincing. The county fits. The time period fits. The ages are close. The hints line up. It can feel like you have a match when you really have a blend.

This last article is about the step that keeps your work clean long term. You stop collecting only "supporting" records, and you build a proof case. A proof case is a short, organized argument that answers one identity question and shows, with evidence, why one candidate fits and the others do not.

If you can build a proof case, you can defend your conclusion later, and you can hand the work to someone else without it falling apart...

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