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Research object · BT-CLM-00300

Was Magnolia Gordon-Carter a child of Kermit Gordon?

Under Investigation· 1 sourceNot yet reviewed
Research & Interpretation byAmberly R. Carter-Mills— Founder, Creator & Descendant Archivist

The Claim

Magnolia "Maggie" Carter, born Magnolia Gordon on 25 April 1956, was a child of Kermit Gordon.

Public Summary

This link is currently carried by living family knowledge. No birth certificate, census entry or death record has been entered into the archive that names Kermit Gordon as her parent. Family knowledge is recorded here as what it is: direct, first-hand, and not yet independently documented.

Evidence Reviewed

  • Partially SupportsWeak

    Family knowledge places a private living descendant as a child of Kermit Gordon. No contemporary record has been entered into the archive.

    Source: Family knowledge supplied by Amberly R. Carter-Mills · BEFORE TILL research files

    Family knowledge and documentary verification are recorded separately. Both are shown; neither is presented as the other.

The Evidence Trail

Step 1 · Claim

Was Magnolia Gordon-Carter a child of Kermit Gordon?

Under Investigation· 1 source

BT-CLM-00300

Magnolia "Maggie" Carter, born Magnolia Gordon on 25 April 1956, was a child of Kermit Gordon.

Step 2 · Evidence & Source

  1. Partially Supports · Weak weight

    Family knowledge places a private living descendant as a child of Kermit Gordon. No contemporary record has been entered into the archive.

    Family knowledge supplied by Amberly R. Carter-Mills · BEFORE TILL research files · Authored Narrative

    BT-EVD-00302 ← BT-SRC-00264

    Researcher interpretation · Amberly R. Carter-Mills

    Family knowledge and documentary verification are recorded separately. Both are shown; neither is presented as the other.

Step 3 · Conclusion

Under InvestigationVersion 1 · Current · Low confidence

Researcher interpretation · Amberly R. Carter-Mills

Family knowledge places a private living descendant as a child of Kermit Gordon. No contemporary record has been entered into the archive.

What is not known: No contemporary record establishing this relationship has been examined by this archive and entered as an original.

What could change this: Locate and examine a census enumeration, birth record, death record naming parents, marriage record, obituary, Social Security application, church record or probate file.

How the Evidence Sits Together

What supports the claim

Observations that carry the claim forward.

  • Family knowledge places a private living descendant as a child of Kermit Gordon. No contemporary record has been entered into the archive.

    Partially Supports · Weak weight

    Family knowledge supplied by Amberly R. Carter-Mills

    Family knowledge and documentary verification are recorded separately. Both are shown; neither is presented as the other.

What complicates or contradicts it

Kept in view rather than discarded.

  • Nothing in this column for this claim.

What only provides context

Consistent, but not identifying or probative on its own.

  • Nothing in this column for this claim.

Research Conclusion

Under InvestigationVersion 1 · Current

Family knowledge places a private living descendant as a child of Kermit Gordon. No contemporary record has been entered into the archive.

What is known: Family knowledge places a private living descendant as a child of Kermit Gordon. No contemporary record has been entered into the archive.

What is not known: No contemporary record establishing this relationship has been examined by this archive and entered as an original.

Future research: Locate and examine a census enumeration, birth record, death record naming parents, marriage record, obituary, Social Security application, church record or probate file.

Amberly's Research Notes

No research note has been published for this claim yet.

From the research notebook ofAmberly R. Carter-Mills— Founder, Creator & Descendant Archivist

What We Still Need to Find

Which record — a birth certificate, a school record, an obituary, a funeral program or a church record — names Kermit Gordon as the parent of Magnolia Gordon?

Provenance, Access and Use

Source creator
Varies by record — see each source
Who made the original record.
Researcher of record
Amberly R. Carter-Mills — Founder, Creator & Descendant Archivist
Located, transcribed, weighed and interpreted the evidence.
Publishing archive
BEFORE TILL: The Living Evidence Archive
Holds the object, its identifiers and its revision history.

Family knowledge supplied by Amberly R. Carter-Mills

BT-SRC-00264
Evidentiary weight 3 of 4. Primary oral history — for the intervieweeOriginal image: Transcript verification pendingA first-person account, primary evidence for the speaker's own life. It is not evidence about another person unless that person is named in it.
Creator
Not recorded
Date created
Not recorded
Repository
BEFORE TILL research files
Collection
Not recorded
Record form
Authored Narrative
Source type
Oral History
Accessed
Not recorded

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