Comments on: Jewish Genealogy – The Anti-Cult?

By: Israel Pickholtz

Israel Pickholtz — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 06:58:30 +0000

Yes, but as a recommendation, not as an authority.

(Who am I to give permission.)

I will weigh the pros and cons with examples. two of those examples appeared in print last year – one in The G and one in Avotaynu.

By: Banai Lynn Feldstein

Banai Lynn Feldstein — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 06:46:55 +0000

I have worked for other researchers who are working for attorneys. The only time I’ve been asked to even try to cite sources EE-style was for that one genealogy company.

That sounds like an interesting session for IAJGS. I know a few things that I’ve been trying to prove for years. Will you be explaining when it’s OK to add the data into your database even when you still can’t prove it?

By: Banai Lynn Feldstein

Banai Lynn Feldstein — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 06:43:22 +0000

I see that line in your blog post now. It slipped my mind when I wrote this. But you still probably cite a little closer to EE than I do in your “everyday” research.

By: Israel Pickholtz

Israel Pickholtz — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 06:21:47 +0000

Since turning pro three years ago, I have become much more aware of this issue. And as I get older and wonder about my own research heirs (I should be so fortunate!), I know it is important for my own research as well.

But the fact is that none of my clients expect it, not even the attorneys. (They certainly wouldn’t want to pay for the additional time it would take!) In fact no one even wants the kind of orderly bound report that I have seen from some of the long-time pros. And I certainly have neither the time nor the patience to “cite up” my own old research.

So I quite identify with what Banai writes here.

As it happens, I intend to mention one aspect of this issue at the beginning of my presentation at the DC Conference “BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT – what you know vs what you can prove.” The EE people would probably throw me out of the room.

By: Joan Miller (Luxegen)

Joan Miller (Luxegen) — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 05:30:44 +0000

I agree with you Banai. As I mentioned in my blog post on Good, Better, Best, I don’t get into the nitty gritty of the citation format until we are ready to publish. I do have detailed records of the sources but they aren’t all in ‘perfect’ EE format.