SSDI is Social Security Death Index, a US source.
Elizabeth
researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Helen Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4:12 PM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] consistancy in sources
I know this is a newbie question but I have been doing research for 20+
years. Exactly what does SSDI stand for? I probably am using it but
don't
know that. Thanks again, Helen
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RICHARD
SCHULTHIES
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 11:54 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] consistancy in sources
IMHO, since with sources, the Source List name doesn't
print much, and the Title does, I put abbreviations in
the SLN, and spell out in the Title.
Rich in LA CA
--- Elizabeth Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Michael - naming your sources is for your benefit
only in being able to find
them in the Master Source list when you want to use
a source again. You need
to think about how you will go about looking for
something in a list. I
find Geoff's method of locality a good one for some
sources, like vital
records, but I group my census records together by
the word census, then the
year. The SSDI is just that - SSDI. I do this
because that it what is
easiest for me. Do what is easiest for you as those
source names will never
appear anywhere except in your database.
Evidence Explained may (or may not) help you to
format your sources which
others will use should you decide to make your
research available to others.
The book is highly detailed and is geared toward
helping those who may want
to publish in a scholarly journal. You will
appreciate making your sources
consistent with each other and readable, but you may
not want or need the
structure laid out in that book.
Elizabeth
researching the descendants of William and Sarah
(Patterson) Thompson
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Berry
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 3:26 AM
Subject: [LegacyUG] consistancy in sources
Is there a naming convention or pattern in naming
sources. The training
video suggests:
Country, State, County, City - date - Census - Name
for a census, but of course there are any number of
sources out there. I
don't want to make up my own system which may change
from entry to entry.
This would of course result in the same type of
source being listed in two
or more different ways.
Is there a guide or list? Is "Evidence Explained"
the book to get?
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