Thanks, Gail, for the helpful info on sourcing.
Are you saying that you would make World War I Draft Reg cards a Master
Source? Rather than Ancestry as the Master Source, and all details in the
source detail?
I have just started with Legacy, and am working my way through to
establishing a sourcing system.
Thanks,
Janis Gilmore
Pawleys Island, SC & Seattle, WA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gail Rich Nestor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 5:28 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Confirming Proper Enter of Sources/Details
Hi Joan, I have been out of town, but wanted to comment on your sourcing
and
repository questions. Here is part of a post that Elizabeth Shown Mills,
author of *Evidence!*, just made to the APG rootsweb list:
"Just about every database at Ancestry or wherever can be cited by one
basic
format that calls for six-to-eight elements. In a footnote citation, the
elements and punctuation would be as follows:
Name of Database Creator [if identified],
"Name of Database,"
Name of Website Creator/Owner [unless it duplicates
the name of the website, as with Ancestry],
*Name of Website* [in italics]
nature of item being cited: e.g., "database" or "digital images"
(URL : date posted, copyrighted, or accessed),
whatever detail needed to locate the specific item;
whatever source citation the database might give.
Example:
U.S. Selective Service System, "World War I Draft Registration Cards,
1917-1918," *Ancestry.com,* digital images (http://www.ancestry.com :
accessed 18 June 2006), for Carl Shown, Monroe County, Arkansas, card
no.14;
citing *World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards,
1917-1918,* National Archives Microfilm M1509.
Asterisks, of course, represent italics. In the example above, I am
crediting the Selective Service as the creator of the cards. If I were
citing only an Ancestry database, with no images, then the Selective
Service
would not be cited as the creator of Ancestry's database."
Now back to me...
This basic template should help with your citation. The repository
question, though, is a bit trickier (at least in my opinion). When I cite
a
census from Ancestry, I list Ancestry as the repository, even though the
originals came from NARA and could be obtained from there as well.
However,
if I get a copy of a death certificate from "Aunt Jane," I usually go
ahead
and list the repository as an official place where I could get another
copy.
The repository usually isn't part of your formal source citation, so in my
opinion, you have some flexibility with it. Think of it this way, you can
usually get a book from several different libraries. You usually just
pick
the one you got the book from the first time.
The NEHGS site sounds great! Thanks for mentioning it!
Gail Rich Nestor
Smyrna, Georgia
www.roots2buds.net
----- Original Message -----
From: J S
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 8:15 AM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Confirming Proper Enter of Sources/Details
Ron,
Thanks for the advice, I understand what your saying about the Master
Source
and will change my practice.
However, I'm still not clear about how to reference the repository. The
original birth/marriage/death registars are created at the town level in
MA
for the years 1851-1910 and then a copy was made and sent to the Boston
Archives. Until the early 1900's this was a hand written copy. Those
records were obtained from the Boston Archives by NEHGS, scanned, and made
available on the web site which is where I obtained them.
OK, now to my question, do I use the Boston Archives or the NEHGS web site
as the repository?
Joan
ronald ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Joan,
Your method is basically the same as the one which I use (although mine is
for the UK). A couple of points though - Including the year in the Master
Source would mean that a new Master Source would have to be created for
each
census year to avoid this I put the year in the detail ie. 1887 census.
With respect to author in the UK this is always HMG (Her Majesty's
Government) which is what I use so in my view the author is the name of
the
body who originated and compiled the results - I don't know who this would
be in your case. No problem with just leaving blank though.
Ron Ferguson
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Subject: [LegacyUG] Confirming Proper Enter of Sources/Details
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 21:46:54 -0700 (PDT)
I'm new to Legacy 6 (Deluxe Edition). Can someone please help confirm the
proper way to enter sources for records that I have found at the New
England Historical Genealogical Society (NEHGS) web site. These records
are copies of the original registeres for birth /marriage/death records
(1851 - 1910) that towns/cities sent to the Boston Archives. NEHGS
obtained the records from Boston Archives and has scanned them and made
available on their web site.
Please review below the way I have entered the information and let me
know if I'm correct or give me some guidance on what is correct.
By the way if anyone needs vital records from 1851-1910 from
Massachusets the NEHGS has scanned copies on their web site. You have to
be a member but the fee is only $75 per year, much cheaper than a research
trip to Boston. This is where I have found the majority of the records I
need to input into Legacy so I want to make sure I'm doing it correctly.
Thanks so much for your assistance,
Joan
Source Lst Name (Shown in Master Source List): Births Registered in
Boston, MA for 1887 (should I use the year or not?)
Event: Register
Author: I have left blank, what should go here?
Title: Birth Record for Jane Doe
Then for the Repository I have entered:
New England Historical Genealogical Society
address and Phone #
web site URL
Call Number: I used the URL for the birth record on the NEHGS web site
QUESTION: Is the repository the NEHGS or Boston Archives?.
for the Details I entered:
City where birth occured, year, vol, pg., and line # and then check #4
Convincing Evidence,
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