Dave, I find that when I use sources I use the name of the person that was used by the source in a couple of different ways. Most often it ends up in the source detail section of a source. For instance a marriage where I have the marriage certificate would be called "Victorian Marriage Certificate" (I'm in Australia) with the correct details of where that source came from etc. When I then cited it for the marriage it would ask for the source detail and depending of the Source Writer template used would either include something like "entry for Shirley Akers and Robert Williams" (making up your fathers name here obviously) or their names depending in the fields that were available for use. I don't create a source called Marriage Certificate of Shirley Akers and Robert Williams". I'm a bit of a lumper and tend to lump sources together, eg a source for Victorian Marriage Certificates rather than each individual certificate. (See the archives for extensive discussions about lumpers and splitters as it is probably a good idea to gain an understanding of the differences as it will help you to decide how you might want to organise your sources.)
For a source such as an email, if it was part of a number of emails sent as a conversation between say yourself and your mother I might title the source "Shirley Williams - Emails" and then fill out the field as listed in the email source writer template. A note to this, if I find a source which has incorrectly spelt the name, I list it as it is written so that I am able to find it again later. For instance, a newspaper article where her name was incorrectly spelt I would write the source something like "The Age Newspaper" with all the correct details for the source and then for the source detail might be something like "entry for Sherilly Wiliams" (extreme example but you get what I mean). But everyone does things differently and others may disagree with the way that I do it. I think the most important thing is to be consistent and as you gain experience you are bound to want to go back and change some of the things that you did right at the start of your research. I hope this helps a little. Belinda On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Dave Williams <davidrw4...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I am new to this user group and fairly new to genealogy in general, and I > want to start out on the right foot. > > I know that women entered into family group records should be entered under > their maiden names. But how do you handle sources, events and such after > their name changes in marriage? Case in point, my mother. Her maiden name > was Shirley Akers. Her name became Shirley Williams when she married. I > entered her on the family group sheet as Akers. But many of the events in > her later life, as well as many of her letters, published articles and > e-mails that I have as sources, are under the name of Williams. > > I'm thinking I would cite sources just like anyone else, but put the master > source name under Akers. Any suggestions? I'm a bit confused on this > point. > > Thanks in advance for advice. I'm looking forward to learning from this > group. > > Dave Williams 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
