What is Negative Evidence in Genealogy and Family History

What do you do when you don’t find the record you expect to find? You have looked high and low and can’t find the records. Do you note the fact that you could not find the record in your research notes? Is this negative evidence or negative findings?

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TIMING
0:00 Intro
0:15 What do you do when you can’t find any records?
1:02 What do you do with negative evidence?
1:30 Where to find the handouts?
3:40 What is negative evidence?
5:27 What is reasonably exhaustive research?
6:13 Direct, indirect and negative evidence
8:35 Negative evidence or negative findings?
9:24 Strategies for reasonably exhaustive research
11:24 Do you add this to your research notes?
13:00 Using a research log
13:45 Why am I not finding my ancestor?
15:18 Conclusion

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