Quicklesson's Complete

I volunteered in March to participate on the panel of the ESM Quicklesson Study Group sponsored by DearMyrtle. This group worked through and discussed the teachings of Elizabeth Shown Mills and her writings in her book Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace, Third Edition. This group met from March to September and had the participation from outstanding genealogists from around the globe to help old and new genealogist brush up on the importance and the techniques of citations in genealogical research.

The goal I had for this class was to learn how to properly document my research so that in the future people will understand that proper historical research was used in coming to the conclusions and proofs used in my family research. I learned quite a lot about genealogy and each week it was like writing a research paper dealing with a portion of my family tree. (Yes, I thought it was fun)

With the homework complete - I need to start a new goal in my genealogical studies and I think for the next few months I will focus on converting my family trees from FamilyTreeMaker to RootsMagic. I have never enjoyed the FamilyTreemaker software and find RootsMagic easier to use between both Mac and PC operating systems. Hopefully I will have this redo completed prior to my next test in January the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy.

I want to share my homework for lesson 13 from Elizabeth Shawn Mills Quicklesson Study group at
DearMyrtle Study Group because it honors my father - for father's day.

ESM Quicklesson 13 - Melinda Dosch Culpon

QuickLesson 13: Classes of Evidence—Direct, Indirect & Negative    

Elizabeth Shown Mills, “QuickLesson 13: Classes of Evidence―Direct, Indirect & Negative,” Evidence Explained: Historical Analysis, Citation & Source Usage (https://www.evidenceexplained.com/content/quicklesson-13-classes-evidence%E2%80%94direct-indirect-negative : accessed 16 June 2016).

Taking up the challenge of Lisa Gorell and Randy Seaver of three things about our fathers in honor of Father’s Day and combining this with Elizbeth Shown Mills quicklesson shows that evidence can be in many forms but needs to be classified as direct, indirect or negative but help us support our research question.

Therefore my research question is:

What are three interesting things about my father, Charles Kenneth Dosch 1935-2009?

My father was not born a Dosch - he was born an Upp

This is a photograph of Charles and his father Kenneth Upp. But is this direct or indirect evidence?

1940 Census - Showing Charles Upp, age 4, living in Columbus, Ohio - Direct evidence provided by a secondary source.

My father was an aviator:

Direct  Evidence from a primary source

- Direct Evidence from a secondary source

Here’s another input on his being an aviator - This article being indirect evidence from a secondary source.

My father was a carpenter/master electrician/building and accessibility codes specialist

Direct Evidence from a primary source that Charles K. Dosch was a Master Electrician.  His registration with the city of Irving, Texas.

Dosch home built in 1973 by Charles Dosch in Bowie, Texas. Direct evidence by a primary source of Charles Kenneth Dosch being a  carpenter and electrician.

Correlating the information that has been provided -

Charles Kenneth Dosch, born Charles Upp, was an aviator and an advanced carpenter and electrician.

To continue research - other records to look for are adoption records, birth and marriage records for family members, education-Texas A&M University, Military Records - Cruise Books, Newspaper - Bowie, Texas

Starting Out

I am starting a genealogy blog - I am NOT going to post everyday. Hopefully this will be a place where my "kin" will be able to come and find research and family folklore.