Sherry, I really like the way that you are sourcing the marriage records for Missouri that are on Ancestry. If you had researched and found the marriage license and marriage at the courthouse of record, how would you source. I am new at this and am interested in how others are sourcing data. I have several sources that I have obtained at nearby courthouses and am not sure how to source them. Thanks. Oh by the way, all of these records are recorded at the Probate Office in large hardback books.
Pat Patricia Thomas-Hill tris...@bellsouth.net ________________________________ From: S. Fry <azg...@rsib.net> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Sun, February 7, 2010 4:39:06 PM Subject: Re: [BULK] RE: [LegacyUG] Advice on Sourcing of marriage record I often use and save the digital images from "Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002," at Ancestry.com and like Connie, I find the images problematic for the reasons she stated. I use other sources to find the book number and only look at the transcriptions to see how Ancestry has dealt with the sometimes difficult handwriting. But this isn't about Ancestry.com; it's about how to source the material from Ancestry.com. I use SourceWriter template for Marriage records > Found in governmental records > Marriage registers > Created at the county level > Online images Here is how I fill in the fields for the master source: Source List Name: Marriage Records - Missouri 1805 - 2002 Jurisdiction State: Missouri Jurisdiction County: [I leave this blank because I don't want 114 Master Sources for Missouri's 114 counties!] Series: Missouri Marriage Records, 1805 - 2002 Format: Digital images Website Creator: Ancestry.com Website Title: [I leave this blank as it seems redundant to repeat "Ancestry.com" or "Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002"] URL: http://www.ancestry.com Date: 2007 In the Source Detail fields I put: Item Type: marriage register Volume: Stoddard County Book 1 [I know it is book 1 from other sources] Page: 251 Person 1 Surname: Crews Person 2 Surname: Saddler Year: 1876 Date Accessed: 4 Jul 2008 Under the Text/Comments tab, I transcribe the marriage record in the top section and enter comments about the source in the bottom section. Here is the end result: Footnote/Endnote Citation: Missouri, Missouri Marriage Records, 1805 - 2002, Stoddard County Book 1: 251, Crews-Saddler, 1876; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 Jul 2008). Subsequent Citation: Missouri, marriage register, Stoddard County Book 1: 251, Crews-Saddler, 1876. Bibliography: Missouri. Missouri Marriage Records, 1805 - 2002. Digital images. Ancestry.com http://www.ancestry.com : 2007. Sherry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirsten Bowman" <vik...@rvi.net> To: <LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 12:37 PM Subject: [BULK] RE: [LegacyUG] Advice on Sourcing of marriage record Jenny: I'd also use the SourceWriter Marriage template that you mentioned, but I see a nice feature about Connie's format in that it treats the title of the record set as the lead element whereas the SourceWriter template doesn't. The second example is part of a similar citation generated by SourceWriter. "Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 Aug 2009) Bell County, Kentucky, Kentucky Marriage Records, 1852-1914; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk] Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 9:10 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Advice on Sourcing of marriage record Connie Sheets wrote: > [My apologies that this won't thread properly, but I'm still having to > read the list in the archives]. > > The Missouri Marriage Record images at Ancestry are problematic, IMO, > because Ancestry has not given enough information as to what we are > looking at. Yes, they are apparently using State Archives microfilm > (they don't tell us which microfilm), but it is microfilm of record books > maintained at the county, and they don't tell us which record book. > Sometimes, it is possible by browsing through the images to figure it out, > and when it is, I include that. I ended up citing the database, not the > images per se, because it is such a mess. I used the generic online > database template. > I am curious as to why you are using a database template when your Source is online images. I don't have access to the Ancestry records to which you refer, but I think I would use the Marriage records>Found in Governmental records>Marriage registers>Created at State/Provincial level/Online images template (or something similar if that isn't an exact match) and add the further detail - where known - at Soiurce Detail level. This is how I approach very similar English records with images on Ancestry. Where the Source details are incomplete (or incorrect, as sometimes happens with Ancestry!) I note this in the Source Detail Comments. -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@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 after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
