Interesting questions! To answer them: 1) We do not, thank goodness, have a UK "Mills" 2) There is no licensing body 3) I do not know what the New England Genealogical Society does.
So what do we have? Two main voluntary (registered charities) organisations, The Society of Genealogists which is mainly London based and awards Fellowships to those with an outstanding record of service to genealogy. Holds many records in their London library which is open to members. Many of these records are now being published through the Origins website. The other is The Federation of Family History Societies (of which I am a member) and may be described as a "bottom-up" organisation with local groups affiliated to the National Federation. "Do we have standards for sourcing?" seems to be your major point and the answer is "no we do not", or at least none laid down as far as I know. It is, however, generally accepted that sources should be, clear and reproducable. I guess that this is a typical British way of saying "if it works then leave it alone!" Hope this helps. Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ New Blog: Free Contacts Database for use with Open Office http://www.fergys.co.uk View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ > Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 06:46:20 -0700 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Non-US Censuses in v7 > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > > I'm curious as to UK practices. Is there a person in UK genealogy similar to > Mills; or a licensing body of some sort; or something on the level of the New > England Genealogical Society? > I'm not saying these are "better" but just wondering on the state of > "organizational" differences. > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: ronald ferguson > To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Sent: Saturday, June 7, 2008 4:11:57 AM > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Non-US Censuses in v7 > > > Jenny, > > Notwithstanding the "Goddess of Sourcing" I am carrying on as before. But > then I never thought her alledged "standards" would fit the UK. I think this > is one of those times when we just leave our American friends to it. > > > Ron Ferguson > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > New Blog: Free Contacts Database for use with Open Office > http://www.fergys.co.uk > View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: > http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ > For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: > http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > >> Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 15:17:17 +0100 >> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: [LegacyUG] Non-US Censuses in v7 >> >> >> I would be interested to know what people think of the new SourceWriter >> in relation to non-US Censuses. >> >> The vast majority of my Censuses are England and Wales and I don't find >> the new fields in Source Details match up terribly well with what I want >> to include. >> >> The given fields are as follows: >> >> Collection or Database >> Jurisdiction County >> Page >> Dwelling No >> Family >> Column >> >> Collection or Database seems superfluous and I am happy to ignore it. >> Jurisdiction County is ok, but what about Civil Parish and/or >> Registration District and/or Sub-Registration District and/or >> Enumeration District? Page is good. Rather then Dwelling No or Family, >> in England and Wales we have a Household Schedule No. This could be >> entered in one of those fields, but the words "Dwell" and "Fam" are >> included in the Citation if those fields are used. Column is not >> relevant. >> >> Then there are the Class, Piece and Folio numbers which are very >> important finding aids for any English or Welsh Census entry. My "old" >> way of entering Source Details for a Census was to enter, for example, >> HO107-2489-486-4, which is the full Class-Piece-Folio- Page reference. >> I am now entering that reference in the Page field, so in the Citation >> it reads "p HO107-2489-486-4" which I can live with. >> >> I was not in the habit of including the County, CP, RD, ED or Household >> No and I could carry on not doing so, but I wonder what others do, >> especially now that I see what the Goddess of Sourcing expects! >> >> -- >> Jenny M Benson >> >> > _________________________________________________________________ Great deals on almost anything at eBay.co.uk. Search, bid, find and win on eBay today! http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000004ukm/direct/01/ 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
