I will not get involved in the "correct way" of sourcing, that is a personal choice. But i do see a major distinction between an image and a transcription. An image is a picture of an actual item as it exists to the photographer/scanner.
But a transcription is someone's interpretation of the actual item. A transcription is subject to clerical errors, missing information accidentally or intentional, and or personal conclusions and/or editing. An image is closer to a Primary Source depending on many factors.A transcription is definitely Secondary Source at best. -------- Original message --------From: BARTON LEWIS <bartonle...@optonline.net> Date: 7/14/17 10:28 AM (GMT-05:00) To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] citing an online obituary Hi Cathy, Thank you for your reply. However, I did take a look at the existing templates (I thought my post reflected that). I also may have provided "TMI" (I tend to do this), was not sufficiently succinct and/or asked obvious questions. For example, in the template I ended up selecting, "Newspapers>Online images (issued by unrelated content provider)," I asked if "issued" means "published on this website," which I assume it does. I also nitpicked about the use of "online image;" I assume that is equivalent to a transcription although it seems somewhat imprecise. The distinction is perhaps not important. The output for my obituary is: "Andrew Kulesa," Grand Rapids Press, 23 Aug 2014; database, MLive Media Group (http://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/grandrapids/obituary.aspx?pid=172223191 : accessed 14 Jul 2017), Obituaries. I think this is good. The only gripe I have is that, although the template provides a field for "State," this does not appear in the output. I think the way around this is to insert the state's abbreviation in parentheses between "Rapids" and "Press." On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 02:13 AM, Cathy Pinner wrote: Barton, There may not be any - take a look. Cathy Barton Lewis wrote: So here’s a source citation problem that I would be interested in hearing feedback about: I found an obituary for someone that provides his mother’s maiden name, an important link to a DNA match that I haven’t been able to obtain otherwise. The obituary is on a website for a company that calls itself “[X] Media Group” (the “X” is replacing its actual name). The obit came up when Googling the man’s mother’s married name, and appears on a page that has the following inscription at top: “Obituaries & Guestbooks Provided by Funeral Directors & Families from the Grand Rapids Press.” X Media Group, on its About Us page states it is “an audience-first venture encompassing content, sales, and ma rketing professionals that care deeply about digital marketing.” Which Master Source template should I use? The obituary is not issued by the publisher, if “issued” is the same as published on the website in question, correct? The templates which include “issued by unrelated content provider” would seem to be the correct ones, but they all include the categorization “online image.” Is there a difference between an “online image” and a transcription of the obituary? Is the former an actual digital image of the obituary as it appeared in the newspaper? If so, is it appropriate to use this template since the obituary is a transcription? Finally, why is there a separate category for some of the templates that includes “periodicals” in front of the rest of the descriptors, e.g. “Newspapers>online archives>issued by the publisher” vs. “Periodicals>Newspapers>online archives& gt;issued by the publisher”; what’s the difference between the two? Thanks, Barton -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
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