RE: [LegacyUG] Elizabeth Shown Mills - Splitter or Lumper?

2007-09-02 Thread ronald ferguson
Ralf, I cannot comment on the Mills book(s) as I have not got them. However, your description of the difference between lumping and splitting is a fair one. I am an unashamed lumper and include the details relating to a current individual's event in the Source Detail rather than the Master S

RE: [LegacyUG] Elizabeth Shown Mills - Splitter or Lumper?

2007-09-01 Thread Kirsten Bowman
Ralf: It's more than just a tad complicated! To respond to two of your posts at once: _Evidence!_ is a 124-page book geared almost exclusively to the family historian. _Evidence Explained_ is a *vastly* expanded 885 pages aimed at a rather broader audience. _Evidence Explained_ responds to que

Re: [LegacyUG] Elizabeth Shown Mills - Splitter or Lumper?

2007-09-01 Thread Sharon Perdue
I think the lumping can be defined several different ways. I am a LUMPER. I use Census-1930 as a master source, not identifying the county, state, detail info. This is because I have a census event attached to the PERSON that contains ALL of the information she is putting in the source. I do