I could use some suggestions on how to document the repository for
census information I obtained from a specific library. I did go
through the archive messages and reviewed the recommendations for
census, master sources and details but still can't figure out what
to do. FYI, I have Mill
Why do you need to record where you got federal census information? It is
available in so many places. It's not like there is only an index, or maybe
this is a state census, or something that isn't readily available. As you
say, you've accessed this information in more than one place. Seems to m
Elizabeth
With the number of indexing errors I have found using the Ancestry
census renditions, I do like to note those that I got from that
particular source. (Not that other sources don't also have indexing
errors - I just find Ancestry particularly egregious - especially in
linking the wro
Steve Ehrler wrote
I could use some suggestions on how to document the repository for
census information I obtained from a specific library. I did go
through the archive messages and reviewed the recommendations for
census, master sources and details but still can't figure out what to
do.
I have done the wrong thing, by choice, which is
created a source which is the appropriate US govt.
agency for the year in question, and in repository I
have listed the federal 'roll numbers'; and Ancestry,
LDS, and others as co-repositories.
I decided that the 12+ different stake libraries in 2
s
I use either HeritageQuest or Ancestry almost entirely. Sometimes, for
one reason or another I occasionally use first one and then the other
for the same census (for one reason or another).
For example I have a Source List Name:
1850 Census-VA-Washington Co.-Dist 67-Anc
and another entry as
185
If you were told the exact location of the census page, would you bother
using an index? The index has nothing to do with your source if you are
citing the exact image, not the index. Whether you accessed that image
through Ancestry, the FHL, or NARA matters not.
Elizabeth
researching the desc
I too am tidying up my sources. I am going with having duplicate
master sources - one for each different repository and with an
indication in the title which repository that master source
references. For example, I am trying to keep digital copies of the
census pages I reference. Therefore I am
Thank you all for your perspective on the issue. Maybe I'm getting
carried away with the guidance to "be sure and document your
repository so someone else can find it" when the census are so easily
found. Still, census may not be the only source I run into that
warrant one master source
Elizabeth,
Elizabeth
Unfortunately, because some of the images are attached to the wrong
names on the index - and some have cut off tops, it is sometimes
impossible to tell what image you have - and what roll it came from. You
aren't certain that the numbers ancestry is giving you are actually
Jackie, I have hundreds of images from Ancestry, quite a few from Heritage,
and even some paper copies from the FHL and NARA. The images from Ancestry,
Heritage and the FHL are duplicates of the NARA films. Sometimes that
transfer to digital wasn't as good as we might want, but it's still the NA
Elizabeth -
The problem with a couple of these counties is that I can't tell you
with any certainty what ED or what Page they are on - which is why I
have chosen to separate out the ancestry censuses. I can tell you in
some of these counties that the ED and page number ancestry sources for
wh
I wholeheartedly agree with Jacki about the egregious indexing errors
found in Ancestry -having names in the index that in no way resemble
what is found on the census image. It especially annoys me that you
can only provide an alternative spelling, and note that it is a
transcription error,
Steve,
There are many varying views on this subject. I create a different Master
Source for each repository. For me this means having "Indiana, Posey - 1860
census (Ancestry)" and "Indiana, Posey - 1860 census (HeritageQuest)."
Actually, you will probably only duplicate the census source for a co
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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master source repository for census
I wholeheartedly agree with Jacki about the egregious indexing errors
found in Ancestry -having names in the index that in no way resemble what
is found on the census image. It especially annoys me that you can only
provid
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