{"id":11606,"date":"2020-09-30T11:16:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T11:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/?post_type=kb_article&#038;p=11606"},"modified":"2020-12-14T13:23:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T13:23:53","slug":"v7-citation-assessments","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/kb-article\/v7-citation-assessments\/","title":{"rendered":"Citation Assessments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Citation Assessment is your assessment of\u00a0the credibility of the source information that led you to a particular conclusion). Remember that the assessment is for the piece of information in the source that led to the citation, rather than the source document as a whole.<\/p>\n<h2>Version 6 and below<\/h2>\n<p>Family Historian version 6 and below supports Citation Assessment based on the Gedcom standard:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Primary evidence:\u00a0 Such as a Birth Certificate or most information in a Census. For example, a census enumerator will have recorded contemporary details such as name and <span class=\"glossary-tooltip\"><span class=\"glossary-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/kb-article\/working-with-places-and-addresses-for-new-users\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">address<\/a> <\/span><\/span>of the householder.\u00a0However, details such as Birth, Place and Age may be less credible and warrant a lower assessment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Secondary evidence: Such as Birth, Place and Age in a Census or on a Death Certificate, that are not contemporary with the birth, as they were recorded some time after the <span class=\"glossary-tooltip\"><span class=\"glossary-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/kb-article\/working-with-facts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">event<\/a><\/span><\/span>, and\/or by somebody who did not have first-hand knowledge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Questionable: Such as a GEDCOM from another user who may be guilty of wishful thinking, when you have not had the chance to check their data. (Once you\u2019ve checked it, you may remove the citation to their GEDCOM and replace it with citations to better sources. Or you may conclude they were wrong, and remove the citation altogether.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Unreliable: Such as any family legend or hearsay that is very hard to verify.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Version 7<\/h2>\n<p>In version 7, you can continue to base your Citation Assessments on the Gedcom standard, but you can also specify a combination of values accessible via <em>&lt;more options&gt;<\/em> in the Citation Assessment dropdown:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11608 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-30-13.00.46.png\" alt=\"Citation Assessment more options\" width=\"331\" height=\"223\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-30-13.00.46.png 331w, https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-30-13.00.46-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-30-13.00.46-150x101.png 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 331px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 331\/223;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These are described at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.family-historian.co.uk\/help\/fh7\/hh_start.htm#citationassessmentdialog.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Citation Assessment Dialog Help<\/a> and partially reflect the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidenceexplained.com\/index.php\/content\/quicklesson-17-evidence-analysis-process-map\">evidence analysis process<\/a> described by Elizabeth Shown Mills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","fh_version":[13,14,15,739],"skill_level":[18,17],"topic":[83],"class_list":["post-11606","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","fh_version-v4","fh_version-v5","fh_version-v6","fh_version-v7","skill_level-advanced","skill_level-intermediate","topic-sources-and-citations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/11606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb_article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"fh_version","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fh_version?post=11606"},{"taxonomy":"skill_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/skill_level?post=11606"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=11606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}