Brian: With _EE_ you have the latest thinking on whether or not to list repositories and I can't argue with that logic. Sometimes, though, I want to recheck a book and don't remember whether I found it on the library shelf, at the local genealogical society, or perhaps I ordered through inter-library loan. After running into that a couple of times I started recording the location in my source notes, although not in a field that prints with the formal source citation.
Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on Behalf Of Brian Beddor Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 8:33 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] When to fill in the Repository? Hi, I'm using the newest Legacy 7 version. When adding a master source using Source Writer there is a tab for "Repository" where one can fill in where the source is located. The video "Legacy's Ultimate Guide to Sources" section "2) Add a New Source" has Geoff Rasmussen using the example of adding a new source which is a book. He mentions that since a book is published the title should be in italics. He then shows the Repository tab which listed the Family History Library in Utah. Also, in the Legacy video "Researching w/Legacy: Events & Chronologies", section "2 - Census Records" has Geoff entering a sample census record that he found at Ancestry. After entering the source information, Geoff says to "be sure to fill in the repository". So, for the most part I've been filling in the address of the Repository when I know it. However, I've been looking at Elizabeth Shown Mills' book "Evidence Explained" she seems to indicate only non-published material has the repository cited. "2.19 Citing Repositories When citing manuscripts that exist in only one place, the identity of that repository is an essential part of our citation. When citing books, film, and other published materials that are widely available, the name of the repository at which we used the source is not included in our formal citation." "2.33 Core Elements to Cite ...Within this architecture, a website is not a repository. Conceptually, the repository is the Internet or the World Wide Web. The distinction matters. When a citation template within our data-management software asks us to identify a repository, we invoke a basic rule covered at 2.19: in published citations, repositories are cited only for manuscript material exclusive to the repository where we used it. Repositories are not cited for published sources. To enter a website's name as our repository would be to say that the website's name I not an essential part of the citation. Therefore, the software might automatically omit it in printing out reference notes." So, two questions: 1. Using Legacy, should one always fill in the Repository when known or only when it is for unpublished material? 2. Does the Legacy software automatically figure out if the Repository should be included in the citation and only put it in when appropriate? Thanks, Brian Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
