What problem does it solve? Family history research often stalls because researchers jump into searches without a plan, cite sources inconsistently, or cannot resolve conflicting records. This Skill structures genealogy work around the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS) so conclusions are documented and defensible. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Research Planning: Builds structured research plans with specific questions, prioritized sources, FAN-principle strategies, timelines, and GPS success criteria. - Citation Generation: Produces Evidence Explained-formatted citations for 14+ source types including census, vital, church, land, probate, military, immigration, and newspaper records. - Evidence Analysis: Resolves conflicting evidence through source classification, reliability ranking, preponderance-of-evidence weighting, and proof argument construction. - Use Case: A user finds three census records saying an ancestor was born in Ohio but a death certificate saying Pennsylvania. The Skill evaluates each source's reliability, weights the evidence, and produces a written proof argument with an appropriate proof level. ## Quick Start Ask Claude to help plan research on an ancestor, and it will gather what you already know, define your research objective, and create a structured research plan before any searching begins.
