> Hmm! Isn't the source of a photograph just another term for a Repository?
I was thinking the same thing. However, as to the OP's comment: > As for photos themselves being a source. I believe the concenus is > certainly. A photo of a tombstone for example serves as a source for > dates and names. Photos of tombstones that I take are not sources but merely my memorial of the source. No different that the cemetery survey notes that I write down while at the cemetery. It is the tombstone which is the source. On the other hand, photographs of tombstones taken by others are the source which I properly cite to the photographer using the Chicago Manual's style. -----Original Message----- From: Mike Fry <mike...@iafrica.com> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 1:36 am Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Photos as Sources-----Sources for Photos On 2011/02/25 06:22, Olds-Wills-Anderson-Simonson Hodges-Harris-Liikala-Jukkara wrote: > I have researched the archives and pondered this issue. Should photos > have sources---------are photos themselves a source. I believe the > answer to both is yes, Hmm! Isn't the source of a photograph just another term for a Repository? -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg 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/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 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
