Dennis,
Elizabeth Shown Mills' "Evidence Explained" is the standard work for
source citations. Google it and you can see examples on her website,
and/or purchase the entire book. You may be able to find prior versions
on sale at ebay or amazon, which should be adequate and save some
money. Beware: it's not just a book but a "tome" but it covers
everything. Better safe than sorry.
Barton
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 02:46 PM, Dennis Birke wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions. I have watched Geoff's webinar on citing
sources and it’s very helpful -- as far as it goes. I think what I'm
looking for is a manual that gives examples for the commonly cited
sources.
For example, when citing Federal census records, what is the Master
source and what is the detail? Is the Master source the record at the
state level? Or county level? Or city/town/ township level?
I'd like to have a reference book or manual that tells me what the
standard practice is -- so that I don't have to spend hours trying to
think it through or proceeding on a trial and error basis and then
having to re-do a dozen entries after discovering I guessed wrong.
Another example: Cites like FamilySearch are very helpful in offering
full citations for some kinds of information. But, I've been having a
very difficult time figuring out how to fit those citations into
Source Writer (and, again, figuring out the appropriate level for
separating a "master source" from "details".
I'm thinking I can't be the only person to have struggled with these
issues and someone has probably written something that answers all or
most of my questions. I'm trying to identify that book or manual or
website, etc.
Don't get me wrong -- I really do appreciate how powerful a tool
Source Writer might be. But it assumes a level of knowledge that a
novice like myself just doesn't have.
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From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com]
On Behalf Of Cathy Pinner
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2017 9:11 PM
To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Help With Citing Sources
Michele has given you the link to a very popular webinar.
You don't have to be a professional to need to cite your sources in a
way that someone else can understand - that someone could be you in a
few years time.
There's nothing wrong with using Basic Sources.
The most important thing to get your head around is Master Sources and
Source Detail. Together they provide everything you or someone else
needs to know to find the source (or to know why they can't find it
because it's from a document/Family Bible/etc that you own or saw when
you visited Uncle John.) A book is easy.
The book is the Master source and the page is the Source Detail.
But what about something you find on FamilySearch?
The easiest way to source FamilySearch data is to create a Basic
Source with the Master Source just saying FamilySearch in the Source
List Name (which is your finding aid for refinding a Master Source)
and FamilySearch in the Title.
Then you can copy and paste the FamilySearch source to the Source
Detail
- sometimes it will fit in the Source Detail box but often it's too
long, so put it in the Source Detail Comment and checkmark that to be
included. The transcription is copy and pasted into the Source Detail
text and not normally included in the citation.
The same can be done with the source that Ancestry provides.
With the SourceWriter simply remember that you don't have to put
something in every available box. These are general templates that
don't always apply.
For online databases and online databases with original images, you
can use the SourceWriter internet templates for these.
The name of the particular database goes in the Master Source. In the
source detail something like "entry for Joe Bloggs" and in the credit
line - where Ancestry etc got the information.
This can be more useful than putting all Ancestry sources into one
Master Source. It's an advanced step but you can more easily find
which people you've looked for and found in a particular database if
you have a Master Source for each database.
It's much harder adding sources later but no reason not to start. Use
tags to indicate that you have sourced everything you've entered for
that person. The source icon lights up with just one source so isn't
useful for letting you know that you still have work to do.
Have fun - I'm still cleaning up sources that I entered when I first
started that fortunately still make some sense to me but wouldn't to
anybody else.
Cathy
Michele/Support Thursday, 13 July 2017 5:19 AM
Have you watched Geoff’s free webinar, Sources and Citations Made
Simple, Standard, and Powerful? It definitely takes the mystery out
of it.
https://familytreewebinars.com/download.php?webinar_id=201
Michele Simmons Lewis, CG
Legacy Family Tree
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www.legacyfamilytree.com
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used under license by Board certificants who meet competency
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*From:* LegacyUserGroup
[mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] *On Behalf Of
*Dennis Birke
*Sent:* Wednesday, July 12, 2017 4:50 PM
*To:* legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
*Subject:* [LegacyUG] Help With Citing Sources
I’ve been using Legacy for a number of years, but never bothered to
record sources. I’d like to start citing sources, but I’m finding
using Source Writer very cumbersome and time-consuming to use. I’m
not a professional, and don’t need professional-quality citations.
I’d just like to record sources of information in a consistent and
systematic way so that future generations of my family have some idea
where I found the recorded information. Is there a webinar,
tutorial, manual, etc. that can provide me with some basic
instructions on citing sources and/or using Source Writer? I think I
need something akin to “Source Writer for Dummies”. I’d appreciate
any suggestions you have.
Dennis Birke Thursday, 13 July 2017 4:50 AM
I’ve been using Legacy for a number of years, but never bothered to
record sources. I’d like to start citing sources, but I’m finding
using Source Writer very cumbersome and time-consuming to use. I’m
not a professional, and don’t need professional-quality citations.
I’d just like to record sources of information in a consistent and
systematic way so that future generations of my family have some idea
where I found the recorded information. Is there a webinar,
tutorial, manual, etc. that can provide me with some basic
instructions on citing sources and/or using Source Writer? I think I
need something akin to “Source Writer for Dummies”. I’d appreciate
any suggestions you have.
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