The trick is to evaluate all sources on these three bases: 1. Original or derivative source? (Digital or microfilm image can be treated as original. 2. Primary or secondary information. Was the record created close to the time of the event? Was the informant involved in the event personally? 3. Direct or indirect evidence. Does it say that John Does was born on this specific date? Or does it say that his sister was born in X year, and her brother, John Doe, was born three years later?
A primary source might be of less value than a secondary source, depending on the circumstances. It is up to you to evaluate them on the continuum of all three standards. Janis On 3/12/09 10:58 AM, "Ann Parsons" <aparsons2...@msn.com> wrote: > Carolyn, > > I can think of a primary source that has erroneous data. When an ancestor of > mine applied for a Social Security Account Number in 1937 he stated he was > born Burley ID. I have an affidavit that he was born Malheur County, OR. I > have a census where he is born in Italy. I figure if someone checks my > sources they can decide for their selves what to believe. I go with Italy > until I learn something new. I use alt birth for the other two. > > Another subject. I am still getting Error 91. I try backing up, get Error > 91. I go back in and flog the check/repair until I run out of patience and > exit the program. When I go back in most of the time I can do a backup. I > just tried doing check/repair 2 times, exit, go back in and I could back up. > When Error 91 first started at 116 it slowed down. Each time I do > check/repair 116 got slower until it stopped at 116. Now it stops a long > time at 116. I have been documenting what I have entered in Legacy and the > steps I go thru to get it to back up. Have a nice little pile of this. I > hope you are no longer getting Error 91. > > Ann > New Mexico, USA > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "CE WOOD" <wood...@msn.com> > To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 10:29 AM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How do I source a "Family Tree" found on > Ancestry.com > > > Unless the family tree has RELIABLE sources, it is just clues. Isn't the > Garden of Eden a in YOUR database? Ha-ha. Primary sources are > birth/death/marriage certificates and such. Compilations, histories, and > such are secondary sources - reliable if they have used primary sources. > There are too, too many now infamous genealogies that have been discovered > to not only to have confused and comingled families, but also to have > fabricated info. This is not recent; it was often a matter of survival in > medieaval England to prove connection to a powerful family. Historians and > scholarly genealogists are still finding errors in many English county > Visitations which depend on the accuracy of the individuals questioned. > Property also descended by birth, and there are countless documented cases > where it is known that people...LIED...in order to get the property, land > being the only source of wealth back then. > > So, if the family tree is well sourced with RELIABLE sources, it would be a > tertiary source. > > But, in the final analysis, this is YOUR genealogy, and you can call > whatever you want a source. > > Carolyn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Diane Murach<mailto:dmur...@starstream.net> > To: > LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com<mailto:legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.c > om> > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 9:00 AM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How do I source a "Family Tree" found on > Ancestry.com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Duane Baker<mailto:dbake...@yahoo.com> > To: > LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com<mailto:legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.c > om> > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 7:35 AM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How do I source a "Family Tree" found on > Ancestry.com > > > Then I suppose things such as family letters, newspaper > clippings, etc. are just "clues" and not sources? > > --- On Mon, 3/9/09, Diane Murach > <dmur...@starstream.net<mailto:dmur...@starstream.net>> wrote: > > From: Diane Murach > <dmur...@starstream.net<mailto:dmur...@starstream.net>> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How do I source a "Family Tree" found on > Ancestry.com > To: > LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com<mailto:legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.c > om> > Date: Monday, March 9, 2009, 6:17 PM > > > I agree. A family tree is a set of clues, not a source. > > Diane > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eliz Hanebury" > <elizhg...@gmail.com> > To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> > Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 3:52 PM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How do I source a "Family Tree" found on > Ancestry.com > > > I Don't source ancestry, I put an online family tree under notes with > the URL and then I set out to prove or disprove it. > > > > Eliz > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 1:14 AM, v pedersen <amigo...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> I found what Ancestry.com calls a "Family Tree" on their > website. It isn't >> really a family tree but a short list of related people. >> >> >> I looked in the archives and see that many people suggest putting >> Ancestry.com as a repository and the collections found on Ancestry (such > as >> WWI Draft Registrations, etc) as the source. >> >> But what about something less straight forward, like the "family > tree" I >> found on Ancestry? >> >> How would I source this? No author is listed, nor contact information, it >> is simply a short list of related people under the title "Smith > Family >> Tree". >> >> >> In the "Add a New Source", Source Writer's family tree and > family group >> sheet options do not offer me a choice of medium other than "Online > Images" >> and "Privately Held". Since the list is not really what would be > considered >> an online image (such as a census page image would be) and the list is not >> privately held, how would I source this list of related persons that >> Ancestry calls a "family tree"? >> >> Any ideas? >> >> >> Vicki >> >> 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 > > > > 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 > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.9/1991 - Release Date: 03/09/09 > 07:14:00 > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/ > Etiquette.asp> > Archived messages: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/<http://www.m > ail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/> > Online technical support: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help. > asp> > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.co > m/LegacyLists.asp> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.10/1995 - Release Date: > 03/11/09 08:28:00 > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/ > Etiquette.asp> > Archived messages: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/<http://www.m > ail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/> > Online technical support: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help. > asp> > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.co > m/LegacyLists.asp> > > > > > > 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 > > > > > 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 > > > 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
