Kris & Patti, Thank you both for mentioning using online sources. It has stumped me what to enter for something from Heritage Quest, Rootsweb or Ancestry. I would appreciate reading how others are doing this, especially Heritage Quest.
Thank you, Ann New Mexico, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 12:15 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] V7: Accessed date for lumped US Census Entries - for Geoff > The "Wayback Machine" isn't a reliable repository -- only a small > fraction of what is/was available on the internet is archived there and > generally graphics files aren't saved. > > A complete URL is useless if the information isn't there anymore. The > date it was accessed doesn't mean anything, either, if the URL isn't any > good. The current upheaval at Rootsweb is a good example -- about half > of the links I've tried lately don't work -- between Ancestry's changes > and people moving the sites to other hosts, but not updating links, it's > a huge mess. > > Using the URL of an Ancestry image -- whether it's a census image or > anything else -- is useless to someone who doesn't have a subscription. > > An online image, with few exceptions, came from somewhere -- a book, > microfilm, etc. -- and you *can* go to the original to find it. A > database, on the other hand, isn't really a source, it's a finding aid. > > Including the date a URL was accessed doesn't really mean anything -- > other than the that the web page "worked" on that day. > > Patti Hobbs wrote: > > I'm not sure what your point is, Elizabeth. There is a difference. > > Online sources can be hard to find--especially with transcription errors > > by enumerators or by those creating databases. It's not always easy to > > find, just by searching on the person's name, the specific census > > image. So, imo, it is better to put a complete url for the digital > > image. However, the location of an online image does not correspond to a > > book on a library shelf or even a document in a record book in a > > courthouse. With the specific citation information for a book or a > > courthouse record, we can go in and go right to the original. The > > "citation" information doesn't change in those record types; their > > locations don't generally change. BUT that's not true of internet > > urls. They can change. So it would be comparable to a book having its > > dewey decimal number changed and being moved to another shelf on the > > library. If you have a date that a url was accessed you can use a "way > > back machine" http://web.archive.org/collections/web/advanced.html to > > access an archived edition of the page. > > > > Patti 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
