Elizabeth, I will give it to you in a nutshell :) A lumper is someone who would enter a marriage certificate this way...
The source would be Marriage License Then in the DETAILS you would record something like Lamar County, Mississippi marriage license #3005, Book C, page 42, 11 Dec 1910, John Doe and Jane Smith If you are a lumper you have a lot fewer sources. Your marriage license source might have 50 different marriage licenses recorded If you are a splitter then your source would look something like this... Marriage license of John Doe and Jane Smith, Lamar County, Mississippi, 11 Dec 1910, #3005, book C, page 42 you wouldn't have to add a detail at all. Everything you need is in the source itself. Each marriage license would an individual source. So, splitters have many, many more sources than lumpers. There are advantages and disadvantages to both methods. Many people use a combo of the two to best serve their needs. michele 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
