I would place the erroneous obit into an event citing all the appropriate source citations. I would also place the obit in italicized typeface. Then after the obit I'd leave a blank line or to and begin a new paragraph with the heading, "Researcher's Notes" in non-italicized typeface. Here I would place my comments or conclusions in non-italicized typeface and explain why I believed the obit to be wrong.
In this way anyone looking over my work would see (1) the obit ***as it was published.**** They would also see the difference between the italicized print and the non-italicized print. And (2) they would also see what I believed to be incorrect and why I believed it to be incorrect. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheri Harris" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 6:01 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Obituary Mistakes > How do you handle an obituary that was published, but some of the > information was incorrect? The reason I know the obituary was incorrect > was > that I helped write it. Some of the information was incorrect and some was > completely left out. There were two obituaries published, one in our local > newspaper and one published on the funeral home's website, both of which > contained errors, but not the same errors. Since the funeral home supplied > the information to the newspaper, I'm having trouble understanding how > they > can have two obituaries with different errors. I know this is a common > occurrence, but most readers wouldn't know if there were errors. > > With all obituaries, I transcribe and cite the obituaries as published in > my > Obituary event, and if possible I include a digital image of that > obituary. > So in the event field of Obituary, notes section, as I transcribe this > incorrect obituary, after the incorrect information, would I use the > single > brackets [ ] to insert the correct information or transcribe it exactly? > Or > do I add another obituary event and enter the information as it should > have > read? On any corrections, how do I cite that-personal knowledge possibly? > > Thanks for your help! > > Sheri Harris > Fort Oglethorpe, GA > > www.westharrisfamily.com > 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
