James: I believe it was Geoff who suggested that the *source* is "what you hold in your hand." This is an excellent basic test, even if you haven't actually printed the marriage record and aren't physically holding it in hand.
No, I'm not suggesting that the primary source is the State Archives; the source of the data that you're entering is the marriage record itself. Using the template I suggested earlier, the Master Source would be: Bell County, Kentucky, Kentucky Marriage Records, 1852-1914; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com). The fields in the template are as follows: Jurisdiction State: Kentucky Jurisdiction County: Bell County Series: Kentucky Marriage Records, 1852-1914 Format: Digital images Website Creator: Ancestry.com URL: http://www.ancestry.com I must disagree with the earlier poster who suggested including the full URL. Web sites are rearranged constantly and links frequently become broken. I prefer to list only the URL for the main site and then include key words or the name of the record set (Kentucky Marriage Records, 1852-1914). With that information you, or anyone else, can locate it again no matter how Ancestry may rearrange their site. Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: James Cook [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 2:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Advice on Sourcing of marriage record I do agree with your assertions about the actual source and incidental collections it can be found in. As such, I think you are suggesting State Archives be listed as the primary source but include a snippet about found at Ancestry. This is what I was trying before asking my question, but wasn't having success Do you have an example where you've done this? Or, what field are you using to include a note about the State Archives? On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Kirsten Bowman <[email protected]> wrote: > James: > > Your source is a marriage record, or more likely a page from a marriage > register, for the state of Missouri. Whether you found it at Ancestry.com, > FamilySearch, or on a microfilm is incidental (but should be included in the > source citation). I'd use the template for Marriage records > Governmental > records > etc. You'll eventually get an option to select Online Digital > Images and the fields to enter the website creator and URL. You could use > Ancestry.com as the website creator and Missouri Marriage Records 1805-2002 > as the website title. > > Kirsten 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
