Methods
Turn a Record Clue into a Claim Review Card
This field note is part of the FOBA learning stream. It is meant to orient readers and point toward better source work.
Key points
- Write the claim in one plain sentence before debating it.
- Name the source type and record creator.
- Separate what the record says from what the researcher thinks it might mean.
Next steps
- Use claim cards for identity-adjacent, ancestry, Muur/Moor, oral-tradition, spiritual, DNA, legal-status, and place-origin claims.
- Choose cautious recommended wording until source review is complete.
- Move repeated public claims into Fact Check when they need shared review.
Source trail
- FOBA Claim Review Card – Companion template.
- FOBA Fact Check – Public claim-review path.