I agree with Terri and Kirsten. Terri offered good examples of a sourced
book which was found on the internet (in the original question, it was
GoogleBooks). To Terri's citations, I would add an accessed date.
I continue to disagree with those who feel that over-sourcing is a bigger
problem than
I just have two questions for list members...
Of all the people you have shared your genealogy information how many have gone
thru the trouble to actually check your sources?
Do you check the sources of all information you recieve?
My feeling is that unless you are preparing to actually
Dale,
I'm not sure if there may be an easier way but here is the way I do it for web
pages. If you do not wish to remove Unknown from your database (.fdb file)
then use FileSave As and give it a new name.
Use SearchSearch Replace to change the Unknowns for given and surnames to
I agree that what I am interpreting as ultra-detailed sourcing is, indeed,
greatly overdone. However, I would also say that sources which appear
incomplete or inconsistent is an indication that the research is haphazard,
perhaps suspect. It is this latter research that I'm more likely to check.
I'm not sure what you mean about ultra detailed sourcing, but if you are the
slightest bit serious about your family history, you should give enough details
to find the source again. That way, if you later find conflicting information,
you'll know the source of the information you already have.
I have had Legacy 7.0 for only a few weeks. Why do I keep getting this
message? I don't think I have posted any messages?
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On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 8:34 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Whether others check my sources or not is a secondary issue. Of more
importance is what Elizabeth Shown Mills calls the me first rule, meaning
that *I* can look at a citation years later and evaluate whether ii's likely
to be more accurate than some conflicting data that I found yesterday. And
Jennifer:
There's nothing like a reformed sinner :-) (From one to another.)
Kirsten
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Jennifer Trahan
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 11:34 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
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I agree with this response. Intuitive and easy. The same thing works for
'Book, authored (reprint)'. The key is in considering the online copy of the
book as a 'reprint', which I think is valid.
I recently had to order an old family genealogy book on CD, as there was no
online version. The
The thing I don't like about the Book, authored (reprint) Author
Known Online Images option mentioned previously is that the
template does not include a spot for the original publication
information other than year of original publication. To me, that's
potentially as important to a future
When I go looking to see if there is information about someone in my
tree, I then try and find them in the Census and any other record I
can find for the Period. Sometimes there is no way to do it, but then
I try for the children and usually I can find verification.
I dont' know if people who see
Steve Voght wrote
The thing I don't like about the Book, authored (reprint) Author
Known Online Images option mentioned previously is that the template
does not include a spot for the original publication information other
than year of original publication. To me, that's potentially as
Steve:
I agree with your point about citation clutter. With the Legacy templates,
though, it appears the programmers have included fields to suit many
different possibilities and I think it's important for users to remember
that just because a certain field is there you don't *have* to use it
The accessed date shows up in the Event source citation (Detail) as
downloaded date. Here is an example with the Detail completed:
Lillian Drake Avery, editor, A Genealogy of the Ingersoll Family in America,
1629-1925: Comprising Descendants of Richard Ingersoll of Salem, Massachusetts,
John
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