When or why would you use the "Internet" source type?
Much of what I find is on the internet: digital scanned copies of marriage certs, census returns, books, etc. The fact that they are from the internet and where is noted in the source. However, if I generate a source type report they obviously all turn up "internet." I cannot determine the real source of the material from the report. Guess the same is true for the SSDI and other databases - they are found on the internet but the real source is elsewhere.
Where is the best place to place the source microfilm number - say for a census?
I had been placing it at the end of the source detail information (such as Geoff does in his sample). However, the detail info does not show up when viewing the master source list. To determine whether it came from Ancestry, LDS, NARA, or elsewhere, I must locate an individual using that source and look at the source detail to find the information. Also, it turns up at the end of the personal data for a family in a printed source, rather than in front by the author and title - very disconnected.
I have also placed the film number in the "publication facts" of the master source - but it is not really a publication fact. This makes the info visible on the master source list, but then I may end up with several different master sources for a specific census (state - county) because I found several different families in several different sources (LDS, NARA, book, etc.).
Suggestions are welcome.
Kay Fordham
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