EVIDENCE, PROOF AND BURDEN OF PROOF IN GENEALOGY:
A JUDICIAL PERSPECTIVE

by Judge Edward F. Butler, Sr. Genealogist General NSSAR

Table of Contents

Page Topic
1 Introduction
1 About the Author
2 CHAPTER ONE: RANKING THE RELIABILITY OF RECORDS
3 CHAPTER TWO: DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN EVIDENCE,
      PROOF AND THE BURDEN OF PROOF
3 CHAPTER THREE: EVIDENCE
6 CHAPTER FOUR: PROOF
7 CHAPTER FIVE: BURDEN OF PROOF
8 CHAPTER SIX: APPLYING FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE
      DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
      AND THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
9 CHAPTER SEVEN: EVIDENCE OF SPECIFIC EVENTS
13 CHAPTER EIGHT: CAVEAT EMPTOR - CAUSE IT AIN'T
      NECESSARILY SO
14 CHAPTER NINE: PAPERWORK IN GENEALOGY
20 CHAPTER TEN: DOCUMENTING YOUR SOURCES
21 CHAPTER 11: A BASIC GENEALOGICAL LIBRARY
22 CHAPTER 12: USEFUL BOOKS FOR SPECIALIZED
      GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH
23 CHAPTER 13: GENEALOGICAL COMPENDIA

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