Marion, To give an example using censuses. I have censuses only for each country, year and the place from where I got it ie. I would have Census England 1891 (Ancestry) and Census England 1891 (findmypast). The Details contain all the other information which I use. Splitters might further split these into counties or even towns or families. EG. Census England Lancashire 1891 (Ancestry) 1891, and in the extreme: Census England Lancashire Eccles Smith Family 1891 (Ancestry).
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ *New Tutorial* Publish your Web Pages - Blogs 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/ _____________________________________________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question on sourcing > Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:43:25 -0700 > > Ronald, I'm not sure what is meant by lumping. > > Marion > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ronald ferguson" > To: > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 6:11 PM > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Question on sourcing > > > > Jean, > > I am a confirmed lumper but if therere are no common fields then there > doesn't seem to be much point in lumping. > > I have no doubt there are times when splitting would not make sense either. > > Ron Ferguson > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > *New Tutorial* Publish your Web Pages - Blogs > 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: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:33:21 -0600 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] Question on sourcing > > > I've been using Legacy for many years, but recently decided it was time to > go back and rethink sourcing. I had been following a method that had > developed ad hoc, but now I want to get serious about it. I've read some of > the threads on lumping/splitting, and it's led to a couple questions I'm > sure some of you more disciplined users can help me with. > > I'm leaning towards lumping. It makes sense for things like US Census > records, SS death index, city directories, and the like. > > However, for things like memorial cards, what would be the advantages of > having one master source called 'Memorial cards"? That's a serious question. > There's no common source information that would be shared, so what other > reasons are there? > > Many thanks, > Jean Suplick _________________________________________________________________ See the most popular videos on the web http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/115454061/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
