“Steamer Kate Explosion: Correlating Indirect Evidence to Identify and Correct an Error”
by C. Ann Staley, CG, CGL
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 8:00 p.m. (EDT)
What happens when the indirect evidence of a death occurring and a probate record do not agree? The research begins in earnest! That is what happened in the case of the death of Antoine/Anthony Lallament of Mobile, Alabama. Who is Antoine and what relationship is he to me? When did he actually die? Which record is correct? What would other available records reveal? How is the explosion of the Steamer Kate involved? We have more questions than answers. This case study provides the research methodology involved in solving this problem.
C. Ann Staley, CG, CGL, is an educator, consultant, and co-leader of Ann-Mar Genealogy Trips. She is on the faculty of the National Institute for Genealogical Studies; the Education Chair of the Jacksonville Genealogical Society, Inc.; Vice President of the Genealogical Speakers Guild; and Trustee of the Florida State Genealogical Society. Ann has authored several articles for the NGS Magazine and is the co-author of Research in Florida of the NGS Research in the States series. Her specialties are methodology, research sources, computer resources, vital records and their sources, and conference planning.
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