The Role of Evidence

1. The Role of Evidence Slide Show

2. Recording Evidence

This lesson covers the basic types of evidence that you use while working with FamilySearch Family Tree, and helps you locate the places where that evidence is recorded online.

3. Where to Find Sources

This lessons cover the kinds of sources most useful in United States research, explains source repositories, record groups, a free third-party program that can copy sources with their citations from Ancestry.com to FamilySearch.org, and explains the gold standard in research “The Genealogical Proof Standard.”