Jennifer -
Thanks for including the two examples below. My initial question involved
citing the source of the source as indicated in your example of an
index/database with no images. I found inconsistencies in "Evidence
Explained" where the source of the source was cited in one such case and not
in another, and so I requested confirmation to ensure I understood the
methodology. One needs to know where Ancestry got the data -- from state
records or who knows where. This is how one decides credibility.
Kay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jennifer Trahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com>
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 4:43 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Source Writer Question
Richard:
I have to disagree somewhat. The Nevada Marriage Index at Ancestry.com is
strictly an index and does not contain images. Therefore, it is not
*exactly* like the US census records. When you cite digital images, it is
different than citing an index or transcription. But I do cite Ancestry.com
in both citations so that I know where to go back to find the digital image
or index entry.
And I would also say that Ancestry.com is the originator of that particular
database, though Nevada is the originator of the information that is part of
the database. Ancestry formatted that information to suit its customers'
needs and physically created the database, so I think it would be
incorrect to give Nevada credit for the database.
All:
I don't understand how any can say that they've seen the original State of
Nevada index at Ancestry.com. As the OP said, Ancestry took two indexes and
created one database with both of them. Also, the entries I've researched in
that particular index at Ancestry.com do not have images of the original two
indexes. It is strictly a transcription. Are there other entries that have
images of the index? In that case, then you would be citing a digital image
of an index and you could put the State of Nevada or Clark County as the
author of the index. It would look something like this:
Clark County, Nevada, Marriage Index Book 210: 25, Smith-Jones; Marriage
Bureau, Las Vegas; digital image, "Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005,"
Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 Aug 2008).
If you were just looking at the index with no image on Ancestry.com, then
you would do something more like this:
"Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005," database, Ancestry.com
(http://www.ancestry.com/search : accessed 12 Oct 2008), entry for Victor L,
King and Betty J. Hackett, 10 Feb 1998; citing Nevada Marriage Book 210:
C923786, no. 71867.
Jennifer
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