Ron: Actually I wouldn't consider your BMD example "lumping" at all, but simply efficient use of the Master Source feature, since probably several GRO details remain consistent from one record to the next. In the US, however, maintaining these records is a state or county function. Lumping these together under something like "Vitals" would lose details at the Master Source level. Those details would still be included in source citations when producing most reports, of course, but it seems a Master Source report/list would have little usefulness.
I'm not lobbying for either the lumping or splitting approach, but looking for a middle ground that would produce a sort of bibliography from the master source list without making the list unwieldy. As a Lumper, how do you handle published books or census records? Do you group all books together under a single master source or list them individually? At what level do you split census citations? (This is key since they could feasibly all be lumped under Census, or they could be divided at any one of many different levels.) Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of ronald ferguson Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 11:28 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] More Lumping and Splitting Kirsten, I do not really use the Sources for the purposes which you indicate but as a lumper I would say that your supposition is not really accurate. For example all BMD certificates in the UK are issued by the GRO (Government Record Office) and I lump all these together under Certificates published by the GRO. However, in the Details I specify the type of certificate and where appropriate the date (although usually the latter would be in the event). Similarly for newspapers the name of the newspaper and date, page etc would go in the Detail. Ron Ferguson Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
