Ralf, My method is similar to Myrna's. I prefer to have only six master sources for the basic information: Certificate/Record - Baptism Certificate/Record - Birth Certificate/Record - Confirmation Certificate/Record - Death Certificate/Record - Divorce Certificate/Record - Marriage
In my Source Detail Notes is where I get more specific, so future researchers could locate the same source if they wanted to. These are some examples: City of Lowell Vital Records - Birth 1893 book L, p. 67, no. 2511 - [Crowley, (Female)] Pollard Memorial Library, Lowell, MA; viewed microfiche 10 May 2005 MA Vital Records Lowell Year 1850 Vol. 49 Page 69 No. 191 [O'Neal Ellen] original record viewed online; www.newenglandancestors.org Leo P Cooke 26 Dec 1986 - Florida Death Index, 1936-1998. [database online] Original data: 1877-1998 Florida Health Department, Office of Vital Records, 1998. Ancestry.com. Murphy, William L. d 8 Oct 1975; Woburn, MA Town Clerk copy 17 Nov 1987 O'Neil, Martin William d. 20 Jul 1951; Rhode Island State Dept. of Health copy 28 Jul 1951 on microfilm accessed at Providence, RI State Archives (by [volunteer's name] on 22 Feb 2006). Note what Cathy said - she likes to be able to see who else may have also had the same source (this is accomplished by clicking on Show List). In my example, the Show List would be a worthless exercise - except to see how few are the people I have divorce or confirmation records for. So you will want to decide if you will think it is important to see how many B/M/D records you got from, for example, the state of Texas (Myrna's example) or the GRO. Or you might decide you don't think you'll ever do that, and prefer to keep your Master Sources List short. Susan On 12/29/06, ralf_x <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If I started using Legacy today, and I had four birth records (different individual's but from the same city): Would I create one Master Source or four?
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