Tony, I agree and only a few days ago made the same point, adding that I will never fill in those parts which are not included on the certificate.
In fact the GRO reference details are from the Indexes, and it is in a Master Source for the BMD Indexes where I put them. Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ Create your Website with Legacy, see Tutorials at: http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ ____________________________________________________ Tony Rolfe wrote: > Thanks to everyone for their help so far > > I'm inclined to treat a physical piece of paper as a source in its own > right and to treat a database of related data as a single source. > Seems logical that way. So, certificates are split and indices are > lumped. > > One thing is puzzling me, though. With the source writer if I create > a > new source "Birth Records > Birth Certificate > England > Birth > Certificate from the GRO > Basic Format" then the detail asks for > information which is not on the actual certificate (registration > volume > and page no)and for a marriage cert it also asks for the registration > sub district which isn't there either. > > Now I can go hunt that down. After all, I needed it to order the > cert, > but surely it isn't correct to record information that isn't on the > source? > > Cheers > > Tony > 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
