I agree that 'cemetery records' is valid. However, I didn't use the template
'Cemetery records > Compiled records: typescripts' because I didn't
understand what a 'typescript' was. I just looked up the word now, and it
doesn't fit ("a typewritten manuscript; especially : one intended for use as
printer's copy"). Was this word really meant to be 'transcripts', as you
spelled it in your e-mail, Brian?
What I did do is use 'Cemetery records > Abstracts: vertical file > Basic
format'. For the master source, I created a Repository as the local
historical society that holds the set of transcriptions, then named this
repository in the Repository field on the Source Info tab. The only thing I
don't like is that the citation shows the repository city but not the state.
In the detail source, I put the name of the buried person(s) in the 'Item of
Interest' field, and add all details from the transcription card or listing,
including the grave location, on the 'Text/Comments' tab (not to be part of
the citation).
For example, a citation reads:
"Highland Cemetery Grave Inventory" (vertical file, Mt. Pleasant Historical
Society, Mount Pleasant), Entry for George A. Walker and Naomi Barkhurst.
There are probable other ways to achieve a similar result, including the
'typescripts' template.
Note: If I personally visited the cemetery and saw the tombstone, then I use
the template 'Cemetery records > Grave markers, plaques, tombstones,
monumental inscriptions > Grave markers, rural' instead. This template has
location fields and doesn't require use of the Repository tab, which I
rarely use.
Example:
Highland Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant (Jefferson, Ohio; High Street, behind
Methodist Church), George A. and Naomi Walker and Deborah Morris marker,
personally read, 2008.
On reading this, I think I should have added my name to the field that says
'personally read'.
Ward
----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Cemetery Records ?
There is the compiled records and transcripts option under cemetery
records. That is probably the best option.
Brian
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[email protected] wrote:
> Advice please: I consider cemetery records to be that of an employee
> of that cemetery compiling those at the cemetery and making that
> available. In Legacy's Sourcewriter, we have that available to us.
>
> Now, suppose another genealogist has walked a cemetery, taken photos,
> and transcribed it. Would you consider that to be "cemetery records"?
> If not, what would you consider it to be?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Robert
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