I wanted to throw in my two cents about this type of online source.... and many other online databases. The whole purpose of a source citation is to explain where you got the data and hopefully allow future viewers of your family file to go back to that source and check the authenticity and validity of the information. So right there we have a problem with all "online databases". While the link may work today, chances are that in one year or longer, the link will be dead. And at that point, the source of your information as you show it in your citation becomes hidden from the world. There really is no way around this as that is the very nature of the Internet "beast". Like politicians, links come and go.
Now if you could check the information about the online database itself and determine from where the database info came from, then in reality, that is the real source of the information. I'm just making this up here as an example, but let's pretend the online database of the cemetery is based on a book or official records from the "Mount Hope Cemetery Association". Then isn't the actual source those records and not the online database? Those official records tend to stay around and be archived by either a government agency or a local historical society for a much longer period than any web site. Many such online databases will explain the source of the data and the actual repository. I guess the problem is in digging deep enough in order to make that determination. Just thinking out loud here. Brian in CA -----Original Message----- From: RICHARD SCHULTHIES [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 2:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing question First question. Does the DB tell which cemetery for each person, or lump both? Since I always make most of my Sources location based, I would use, USA, NY, Monroe County, fill in correct cemetery. Which ever of the three choices of cemetery names. (left-righr-both). Treating a website as if a book, the title is the name on the page, the author/compiler is the Libraries of the University of Rochester unless the cemetery gave transcriptions to the libray, and the repository is 'Department of Rare Books & Special Collections of the River Campus Libraries of the University of Rochester'. Do the notes for the database say how it was compiled? Cemetery's DB or volunteers reading the stones? These facts may make it clearer how to fill in the fields. Rich in LA CA --- On Mon, 5/24/10, Scott Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Scott Hall <[email protected]> > Subject: [LegacyUG] Sourcing question > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, May 24, 2010, 1:35 PM > Hey Sourcing experts ... I'm > stumped. > > How do I cite this source? > > The City of Rochester, NY owns two cemeteries, Mount Hope > Cemetery and > Riverside Cemeteries. The cemetery records for each > cemetery, from > their opening through 2002 have been scanned and are > available online > at a site hosted by the Department of Rare Books & > Special Collections > of the River Campus Libraries of the University of > Rochester. > > To comply with the rules, I won't post the link, but you > can find it > by simply Googling "Mount Hope Cemetery Records". To > comply with the > source of a source rules and the guidelines set out by > Elizabeth Shown > Mills, how would you properly cite this in Legacy with > SourceWriter? > I can't really find a good example in Mills' book, nor can > I find a > good template to use. Could someone put together a > citation for me? > > Many thanks! > > > Scott > > 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
