Re: [LegacyUG] Master source for directories on microfilm

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:11:20 -0700 


Brian,
I'm sorry I assumed you were using the films at a FHL library. That is probably because I recently ordered quite a few directory fiche and film from a local FHL library. Actually, most of my Master Sources for directories were not done with the SourceWriter, and the directories were not from a FHL library. So I share your problem about how to cite them. 


I have handwritten notes from fiche and photocopies from film viewed at 
the Clayton library in Houston with data and images from Houston, New 
Orleans and Galveston city directories;  I have handwritten notes and 
jpg images saved onto a  thumb drive from fiche obtained through 
interlibrary loan, viewed on a digital viewer here in Seattle;I   have 
digital images made with my camera, from various locations, plus digital 
text from directories on Ancestry.com, and sometimes even an actual 
paper directory.



For me, it is important to keep track of when and where I viewed each 
film or fiche, including the library call number and fiche number, and 
original publisher of the directory,  which I write in handwritten 
notes, and type in Legacy, so I can print them on the footnotes and in 
the bibliography on Legacy reports, and so I can go back and find at it 
again later, if I have questions about what  I wrote in my notes.


Pauline




Brian Beddor wrote:

Hi Pauline,
Thanks for the advice.

I'm a little concerned about having the repository be Salt Lake City
when the physical microfilm that I looked at was at a public library --

the Library of Michigan in Lansing, Michigan.  


I also don't recall seeing the FHL film number on the box.  I wonder how
I can tell when I'm at a public library if I'm using FHL film or not --
hmmm.... maybe I should just ask the librarian!

Again, thanks for the advice -- I appreciate it.

Brian



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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master source for directories on microfilm


Hi, Brian,


It appears that you are using FHL films, so you will probably want to 
use the Legacy template that allows you to enter an FHL film number and 
an Item number, in Step 3., Source Details.



I believe when you enter FHL film number,  the repository automatically 
appears as "Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah".



Looking at the Library Catalog on FamilySearh.com; and searching place, 
Duluth, Minnesota, I see the 19 reels of film with each listed by title 
and FHL Film number.

.
I see that 1915/1916 and 1916 are both on the same film number

"1915/16 R. L. Polk & Co.'s Duluth directory, 1915/16... by Duluth 
Directory Co., Publishers -  FHL US/CAN Film [ 1843979 ]"
"1916 R. L. Polk & Co.'s Duluth directory, 1916... by Duluth Directory 
Co., Publishers -  FHL US/CAN Film [ 1843979 ]"


The title I would use is what is in the film notes, example: "R. L. Polk

& Co.'s Duluth directory , 1915/16", or

"R. L. Polk & Co.'s Duluth directory , 1916", or whatever you are 
citing, so that someone else could go back verify what you are citing.


Hope that helps,
Pauline Cramer








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Brian Beddor wrote:

  

Hi,
I want to cite a residence that I found on a mircI rofilm at the

    

library.

  

When I select "Directories" for a Master Source, Legacy has a "Select
the Medium" menu which includes: "microfilm/fiche" and

    

"microfilm/fiche

  

(microfilm publication)".  What is the difference between the two and

how do I know which one I was looking at?  


For a title do I use what was on the actual microfilm or on the box

    

that

  

held the microfilm?  In the library catalog it was called:
"Title     City directories of the United States, 1902-1935.
                Duluth, MN [microform]
Publisher       Woodbridge, Conn.: Research Publications, [199-?]
Other Title     Title on container: City directories of the United
States, Segment IV, 1902-1935, Duluth, MN"

Also, would the repository be the library that I used the microfilm at
or the Woodbridge, Conn location?

Also, how should I cite different years on different rolls of

    

microfilm?

  

For example on roll 7 there were two directories from R. L. Polk:
"1915/1916" and "1916". Then on roll 9 there were "1921-1922" and
"1923".  Elizabeth Shown Mills in her book "Evidence Explained" in
section 12.56 talks about citing multiple years in a general citation

but I wasn't sure how to handle the different reels of microfilm. 


Thanks for the help in understanding using microfilm as a source.

Brian



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