Genealogical Fallacies
This page describes common errors in genealogical research and how to avoid them.
This page describes common errors in genealogical research and how to avoid them.
Definition: Fallacy = Falling into a fallacious conclusion
These fallacies often arise because novice genealogists fail to consider
Here are a few of the types of fallacies that seem to be commonly found.
For some (a few) names, this may be true. For most common names, it's not.
The technical term for this fallacy is "confabulation", a sort of "squishing together" of two separate people.
True, if at all, only in the most general sense. And, since genealogy relies on written records to document relationships, any family ties
This fallacy isn't restricted to the Internet, where we can find misinformation galore, but also books. In some case, the older the book the more likely it is to contain misstatements of fact.