I hate to disagree but I think I would separately source the obituaries and other published newspaper articles referring to the actual newspapers, if known, or, at a minimum, the presumed locale of the newspapers so that someone 100 years from now could locate the actual newspaper or a microfilm of that newspaper, realizing that everyone is not as good as they ought to be about writing the name of the newspaper and the publication date in the margins of news clippings or microfilm printouts. It seems to me that all this would be more challenging, not to mention, correct, than merely saying it was found in a fmaily bible.
On 9/21/07, Janis Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have become quite the splitter, but I would treat this family Bible as > one > source. I would inventory, and transcribe each of these elements into a > Word > document, giving each item a separate name and a consecutive number. I > would > cut and paste all of it into the Text of Source tab of the Master Source, > and cite the whole thing in the publication details box. I am making up > the > details of the source, below, but it would be something like this: > > John Jasper Campbell Family Bible (1855 – 1925), _The Holy Bible, > with Old and New Testaments_ (Gospel Publishing, Chicago, 1852), > privately > held by William D. Walker [address for private use] (2007); Mr. Walker > received the Bible from his mother, Grace M. (Campbell) Walker, who > received > it from her father, James Boyd Campbell, the son of John Jasper Campbell. > Containing a record of births (all in the same hand and with the same pen, > suggesting that they were all entered at the same time, by the same > person, > and after 1880), a record of marriages (not in the same hand or pen, > suggesting that they may have been entered closer to the time of each > event), a record of deaths (also entered at different times, and by at > least > two different people), and several newspaper clippings pertaining to > family > events. Digital copies of these pages were supplied by William D. Walker > to > Janis Walker Gilmore in April 2005. > > Or something like that. All of the transcribed text for all of the items > would reside in the Text of Source tab, something like this; > > 1. Marriages > John Jasper Campbell to Nancy Marie Smith, 21 August 1852 > James Boyd Campbell to Lucy Westley DeBoard, 15 May 1876 > > 2. Births > (listing) > > 3. Obituary of John Jasper Campbell (clipping from newspaper, pasted into > the Bible) > [Full text of obituary] > > 4. Birth announcement of Clarence Dewey Campbell, December 1901 (pasted > into > the Bible) > [Full transcription of birth announcement] > > And so forth. I would tick the box that suppresses the full text from > printing with the source citation. Attach the digital images (if any) to > the > Master Source. > > Then I would take various elements from the data and apply them elsewhere; > for instance, perhaps cut and paste the obituary of someone into an > obituary > event for that individual, but source it with the Master Source. Same with > a > birth announcement. > > Janis > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim > Willis > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 9:03 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] An argument for splitting? (knowing I may get > "lumps" for this) > > Very interesting! > > So Pat... as a splitter, how would you handle the following: > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > -- Thad Evotee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
