Yes I agree. It is much easier to understand a response to a question if an example is given.
I think this would also reduce the number of questions bring asked if examples were given. I do find it much easier to think by example. Regards from Valerie in sunny Sydney. Researching: BEDDY, CULLODEN, DYAS and ROWAN in Belfast, Dublin, Wicklow & Wexford GOON member No: 4825 for CULLODEN & HIGGINSON -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hope Bagot Bees Sent: Saturday, 5 January 2008 2:40 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7 and lumping/splitting Now that's what I call a useful explanation - thanks!! Elizabeth H Michele Lewis wrote: > I am a lumper. Maybe some examples will help. This is a list of what > my sources look like. > > Marriage License > Death Certificate > Birth Certificate > Compiled Service Record > The Complete Book of of Lamar County, Mississippi Cemeteries Lincoln > County, Georgia Marriages 1806-1955 Bible Record > > All of the specifics will be recorded in the DETAILS portion. > > I also lump census records... > > 1930 Federal Census, population schedule > 1880 Federal Census, population schedule > 1880 Federal Census, mortality schedule > 1880 Federal Census, agricultural schedule > 1790 Federal Census, population schedule > > All of the details of the census would be in the... DETAILS! :) :) > > michele > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bill Bienia > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 10:05 AM > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7 and lumping/splitting > > > So a lumper splits the source-citations between the source details > and citations details (with multiple citation details per single > source detail), while a splitter lumps the complete source-citation > into individual source details and doesn't use the citation details at > all? Also, when lumping, the amount of information entered into the > source detail can be split in a variety of ways vary from, say, a > generic "1880 U.S. Census" to a fairly specific "1880 U.S. Census, > Marion County, Iowa, population schedule, Lake Prairie" - each > requiring further Citation details to complete the full > source-citation. > > Bill > > Michele Lewis wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > 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 > > > > 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 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
