I'm inclined to agree. The degree of detail should be based on one's objectives, not a preordained set of procedures.
The 'efficiency' of finding information in a database is a trade off between time spent inputting info and time spent retrieving. Why spend hours putting in detail so that you can trace it in seconds when you are likely to only want to trace less than 0.1% of it? E.G. rather than spend 500 hours detailing everything 'just in case' it is more 'efficient' to spend an hour tracing, if needed the one item sought. For family history as long as you know which database contains the info then leave it to the search and organisation of that database to find it again. To do otherwise is reinventing the wheel. Ancestry for example will always return the same specifics for a particular search, all you need to know is to look in Ancestry. Norman Weston wrote: > Is everyone here a professional genealogist or want to write a book or > something? I suspect the vast majority of Legacy users are rather like > me. They want to cite their sources adequately but not necessarilly > with the complexity that seems to keep being touted here! What are the > main reasons for sources? To know where the information came from so > that it can be looked at again or quoted to someone else and to know > the level of surety of the source. That's all I need. Birth > certificate held in filing cabinet, 99% surety. Birthdate from > Ancestry with reference to someone's tree -marginal evidence. Why does > it have to be so flippin complicated!!!! > > > > 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
