Kim: As others have said, there's good reason to record every reference to your family that you've found when researching (and I wouldn't combine them). When you publish your work, however, the guidelines are a little different. In publishing, you would generally pare your sources down to the best one for each bit of data. That would mean omitting the transcription and citing only the original. An exception might be if you have contradictory sources. In that case, you might want to include both, or you might add a note to the one you decide to use, mentioning the other and explaining why you disagree with it. This would save the readers of your published work the glazed-eye response to long, long lists of source citations.
The trick, of course, is in deciding when you've "finished" researching and are ready to publish. Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kimberly Ryan Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 7:02 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Transcriptions/originals Much of my initial data comes from transcriptions of church and civil documents. Eventually, I will check against the originals. (I've done some volunteer transcribing, so I know the value of seeing the original hand-written document for verification.) How should I handle the transcription sources/citations once I've check them against original documents? * Keep them along with the new sources. The transcriptions are readily available to the public to check, whereas the originals require considerable effort to access. And, perhaps it would be beneficial to have a record of any differences. (Certainly, I will report any difference back to the holders of the transcriptions.) * Combine the transcription sources with the new original sources - after correcting any differences from the originals. After all, the transcriptions are just interpreted copies of the originals. How would you handle this? Thanks, -- Kim Ryan 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
