Garret Keller Conflicting Evidence

The author introduced conflicting evidence as she unfolded the events and how they correlated to the event. Such as in the first paragraph she stated that the death record did not match the family records. She mentioned how the death record stated that Rachel was born on 29 February 1839 in Pennsylvania. She went on to explain how the family records have Rachel’s birth place as Monongahela City, Washington County, Pennsylvania. She stated that the father’s name on the death certificate were William Hill and the mother’s name was unknown. She did not offer any conflicting information about the names of the parent’s. This could have been a great place for her to mention who she thought were the correct parent’s and then explained more as she …show more content…
Such as the first paragraph where she offered one set of parent’s names and not the other. Also, as she moved on into the background information, she offered a bit of info about Garrett Keller’s first wife and kids. This may be expected, but I didn’t see why it was necessary for her objective. I didn’t see where she connected it at another point in the report.
She weighed each piece of evidence against each other to determine her conclusion. I do feel like the author attempted to weigh her evidence, but I believe she could have offered some more clarification in her attempt to explain it. Such as in the “Learning more about Rachel Hill” section of the report. She explained how she found a marriage register for Garret and Rachel, but didn’t make any mention about the names of parents listed in the record.
When she went on to explain the evidence about the three conflicting Rachel’s, I felt like she could have offered more clarification about why the first Rachel didn’t match the Rachel who married Garret Hill. As I read the report, it was easy to move past this section and not really follow where she was taking