My problem with Legacy is that we enter that website/database at the master source level, not at the detail level. So, since I "lump" at the county level, do I need to set up a second "Census - Illinois Cook 1940" master source when I find things at FamilySearch?? This strikes me as at the very least not as flexible as Legacy would like to say they are. I will look for a way to put the website at the detail level. Based on what I've read here from those of you who follow "Evidence Explained" (I think that's the book) for source citation standards, I will probably end up having to use the over-ride to make the correct citation. *sigh* --Paula
________________________________ From:Michele Lewis <ancestor...@gmail.com> To:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Sun, April 29, 2012 5:34:58 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] 1940 census template questions This is a good question. Legacy’s templates have “blanks” for all of the stuff you are supposed to cite. One of those “blanks” is for WHERE you accessed the record. You want to say if it was a FHL microfilm, or a FamilySearch image, or an Ancestry image etc. One reason was discussed today on the Association of Professional Genealogists email list. It was actually being discussed in reference to a different topic but it applies here. The different “repositories” treat the images differently. They enhance them to make them more clear and readable. Each one has their own way of doing this. Let’s say I access the census on Ancestry and I see a name like this… Williams, James. But, let’s say someone else looked at it at FamilySearch. Because the image was enhanced differently a faint “on” shows up at the end of the name so now we have Williamson, James It can make a difference so you need to direct people back to the exact image that you examined. Michele <snip> In the particular case of Federal Census records, is it really important to cite the website through which you viewed the records? --P 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
