Sentz, see my reply below each question. From: Sentz Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 1:24 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re[2]: [LegacyUG] Questions regarding Source Type
Okay, I'll run the following up the flag pole again, since no one responded a while ago. How should one record the following in Legacy using the Source Writer. I was trying to understand how to classify types of documents/data and find the appropriate source type using the "What kind of source" data field. A child received "The Blessing of Little Children" rather than being Christened or baptized as an infant. The name of the child, parents, birthdate, church and date of blessing along with the names of the officiating ministers are recorded in a commemorative card/pamphlet that was given to the parents. Didn't see anything that was appropriate in the big list of source types. Would this be a generic source? I would use: Church records>Church brochures, newsletters, newspapers, etc>Basic Format> then fill out the form: Title: The Blessing of Little Children Record Type: Commemorative card/pamphlet fill out rest of form Text/Comments: whatever you want Repository: You Multimedia: scan of document The parents of a child received a certificate of birth from the hospital. This is supposedly a commemorative document and not considered the legal birth certificate from the state of residence. What type of document would this be considered? generic or birth record at the local/county level? Artifact>Privately held>fill in blanks Repository> you The newlyweds received a Certificate of Marriage from the officiating minister. Again, this is not a marriage license, but a commemorative document/pamphlet. It cites the names of those married, the location (city & state, not the church, although the name of the church is known), date of the ceremony, witnesses and the officiating minister. It is not known whether the church recorded the marriage in 1945. Again, is this considered a generic document? I did not see anything that looked like a match in the type of source lists. This would be an original Certificate of Marriage I would use: Marriage records>Frakturs>Basic format> fill in the blanks Repository: you What about the little funeral service card...would this be considered a funeral announcements, artifact-privately held? or would this also be considered generic? Funeral home records>Privately held>fill in blanks Repository: you Since I am in possession of all of the above, would they be considered part of my personal repository, or would they be assigned to the organization the issued the document? __________________________________________________________________________ What would you like to know? From: Sentz Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 11:08 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Questions regarding Source Type Is this the appropriate venue to ask questions about source types related to source writer input? If not, please let me know who/what group should be contacted. Thank you. Russell G. Strong P. S. Check out Legacy Family Tree today! This full featured genealogy program can be downloaded FREE at http://www.legacyfamilytreestore.com/Articles.asp?ID=133&Click=1114 Oh so many branches and not enough time to check out all the roots!!!. Check out my Genealogy Pages at http://www.rgstrong-genes.com . 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
