<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml"><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18828"> <META name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 12"><LINK rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01CA5CCB.B134E270"> <STYLE>@font-face { font-family: Cambria Math; } @font-face { font-family: Calibri; } @page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin: .5in; mso-footer-margin: .5in; mso-paper-source: 0; } P.MsoNormal { MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-style-unhide: no; mso-style-qformat: yes; mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri } LI.MsoNormal { MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-style-unhide: no; mso-style-qformat: yes; mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri } DIV.MsoNormal { MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-style-unhide: no; mso-style-qformat: yes; mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-noshow: yes; mso-style-priority: 99; text-underline: single } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-noshow: yes; mso-style-priority: 99; text-underline: single } A:visited { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-noshow: yes; mso-style-priority: 99; text-underline: single } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-noshow: yes; mso-style-priority: 99; text-underline: single } SPAN.EmailStyle18 { FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: blue; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-style-unhide: no; mso-style-noshow: yes; text-underline: none; mso-style-type: personal-reply; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-line-through: none } .MsoChpDefault { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-style-type: export-only; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-default-props: yes } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="tab-interval: .5in" id=MailContainerBody lang=EN-US link=blue bgColor=#ffffff vLink=purple name="Compose message area"> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">The research approach represented by those five steps is an excellent one (if a bit of tinkering with wording was done).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">As a guide to research, I've no problem with the concepts behind the gps (except for above issue).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">My thought is that amounts to genealogicaly heresay, because I argue that  a "proof standard" isn't necessary, that it can't offer any proven benefit justifying it's continued use, and may in fact accomplish the opposite of what is intended.  If it becomes the focus instead of the research at hand (meeting the gps), for example.  There cannot be an objectively applied standard in this manner.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">but I just mention this in passing. I don't think this is the right list to do it on. I'm house-cleaning the TheoryGen list, sweeping everything out, maybe might be a good positive subject for that list.  For anyone willing to discuss it in a positive, respectful way...</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">Larry</FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> <FONT face="Courier New">Elizabeth's:</FONT></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"...the GPS is a five-step <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">process</I>. The utilization of a range of records is just the first step in that process. The questions on which Jay has quoted or paraphrased you, above, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">are</I> the type of questions you should be asking about each statement in each record you use, of whatever type. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>