I should clarify for anyone following this thread, that I believe your reference (see below) to my citation being "convoluted" was referring to the steps that I have to use with Legacy software to create it, not the citation itself.
Hovering in the background of this sourcing discussion is the bigger issue of publication, and whether one's sourcing will stand up to academic scrutiny. I can't say that mine do yet, but I am working in that direction. Legacy is very flexible, and I love it. It would be a mistake to construe my interest in seeing the sourcing changes in V 7 as discontent with its present state. By the way, Elizabeth, I always enjoy your comments, and it is clear that you are doing good, serious work. (One other thing - I did make an error in the census source that I sent in the former e-mail. When using the Master Source for census, I am not able to include the "accessed date." This is only possible if I a) write the source as a stand-alone, and only cite it for one particular census family or b) do not include the website address in the Master Source, but enter it in the Source Detail - which sort of defeats the purpose of having recurring elements in the Master Source.) Janis -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Richardson Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 10:59 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sources and the elusive version 7 .... again. From: "Janis Gilmore" > > 1. 1860 U.S. census, Dickson County, Tennessee, population schedule, > Middle Division, Danielsville (post office), p. 42 (penned top right), > dwelling 290, family 290, R. Walker household; digital image, > _Ancestry.com_ > (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 Aug 2007); citing National Archives > microfilm publication M653, roll 1247. > You're right, that's very convoluted, but I don't write my census sources as above. I don't add the (penned top right), the dwelling nor family numbers, the household name, the words digital image. That is all more information than is necessary in my opinion. I also don't repeat the county and state data unless it is referencing name or birth information as that just duplicates the information I have in my census event. I have one Master Source for the 1860 census, and one for each decennial census, putting detail for the specific reference into the source detail so that a source would come out reading: 18. United States of America, Bureau of the Census, 1930 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com [database on-line]. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626), ED 6-12, Sheet 3B. 19. Ibid., ED 7-16, Sheet 8A These 2 references are appended to a family group sheet for siblings who are grown, married and live in separate households from their parents and from each other, in which a census event in the main body of the report describes the date, location and other information gleaned from the census, as follows: "He is recorded on the 1930 Federal census on Apr 8, 1930 in El Dorado Twp., Benton, Iowa. Oakley is a farmer on a rented farm where they have a radio. He lives with his wife and three children. A boarder and a farm laborer complete the household." "She is recorded on the 1930 Federal census on Apr 9, 1930 in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa. Stella is not employed outside the home. She lives with her husband and two children." And even my Master Source repeats information, so that I might clean it up a bit and remove some of the duplicate wording. But since I have only one Master Source for the 1930 census, this will be a really easy thing to do if I choose to do so. Elizabeth researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson 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
