I meant the source is named by the location of the land record, or location of the census. I didn't say a source is a land record. All land records can be a source naming tool using Country, state, county, city/township and/or equivalent. All census records can be named the same way. That is why my first category for sources is PLACE. The second I call is BOOK, in which I would include 'an old letter, an e-mail, or an 1889 county history '. My meaning of the category BOOK includes any work that is NOT tied to one location, like a book about a family that ends up in many states and foreign countries, also a pamphlet or letter.Since neither of them would fit in this 'box' I did not go into detail about this one. The third category 'other' is for anything that does not fit easily into the other two. My main point was to try to help Stacey standardize her sources. A side issue rule I learned somewhere was that unless the pronoun is in the title, never sort using it. Even if in the name, I was further taught to put the 'a' or 'the' with a comma after the rest of the name. Because both examples were land records, they fit into my category PLACE well, so I focused in seeing the similarities for both. Sorry for any confusion. RIch in LA CA
----- Original Message ---- From: Connie Sheets <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, January 10, 2010 7:09:54 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Documenting Rich, Ah, but how do you know the source is a land record? It could just as easily be an old letter, an e-mail, or an 1889 county history for all we know. Nor, for that matter, do we know if it relates to Mexico the country, or the town of Mexico, Missouri or some third possibility I haven't thought of. Stacey needs to determine at least two things: where she wants to record the information (Event or Note, for example), then she needs to determine what her source for the information is, i.e. what kind of document is she holding in her hand? Is she looking at the deeds, or at a narrative of some kind that describes the deeds? Once she has done that, she can decide how to construct and name the source. I am not sure how a place can be a source, although I certainly name many of my sources based upon their location so that they sort together. For example: Illinois: Hamilton Co. 1840 Federal Census Illinois: Hamilton Co. 1850 Federal Census Illinois: Hamilton Co. Marriage Records (Felty) Illinois: Hamilton Co. Probate Index 1823-1970 Connie RICHARD SCHULTHIES wrote: > Since I use 3 styles of Basic Sources > (Place,Book,Other) I would call the Source "Mexico, state, > county/town, land records, person, date" . In the text > field I would transcribe the document. This way all the > stuff in a place will sort together: taxes, census, BMD. The > alphabetical sorting of "As of Mexico" will not be near > Mexico, but in the A's and "Deeded 100 acres" will be lost > from Mexico but in the D's sorted by size of land, instead > of by place. > You might want to think about what is the most important > part of the Source name. I think it is the location, then > what happened, then to who, then when it occured. > I hope this helps. > Rich in LA CA > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Stacey Hughes <[email protected]> > > Hi, > > I would like to know how I should document and where I > should put the info when someone has deeded land? Examples I > have are: > > 1. "As of Mexico, deeded land in Mexico by Reuben > Walton 2 June 1841." > > 2. "Deeded 100 acres in #7 by Proprietors 10 Aug > 1835." > > > Thanks in advance, > > Stacey > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
