Like I said, semantics. I would use the same setups as a census type, which is a database with photos? Whatever works for you. Rich in LA CA
--- On Tue, 5/25/10, Connie Sheets <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Connie Sheets <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing question > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 12:44 PM > I'm reasonably certain (since she has > written about it many times on other mail lists to which I > subscribe) that Mrs. Mills would say that we are dealing > primarily with a "digital image," not a "database." She > typically reserves the term "database" for, well, databases > where someone has extracted info from another source. > > This particular example is complicated by the fact it > appears to be a "digital image" of a handwritten *index* > made at some unknown point in time, probably not at the time > of the burial. (Certainly, the earlier entries from > the 1800s were not made at the time of the burials). I > would want to make this clear in my citation (typically I'd > do so by adding a comment to that effect in the Comments > screen of the citation, and ticking it to print in reports. > > In an ideal world, I would also contact the cemetery to > make sure that the index is all that remains; i.e. that > there are no original records made at the time of the > burial. > > For those who wonder why this "nit-pick" might be > important: the purpose of source citations is not merely > to document where we found the information so we (or someone > else) can find it again, it is to allow us to make judgments > about the quality and reliability of the evidence. > > If I see a citation that says only "database," I know that > the conclusions are more prone to error than if the citation > refers to a "digital image" of an original record. It's > analogous to the difference between citing a printed book of > abstracted marriage records, and citing a microfilm of the > original marriage register. > > Connie > Arizona > > --- On Tue, 5/25/10, RICHARD SCHULTHIES <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I believe it is a database, of > > 'photocopies'. Each one has a coded name which is > > search-able, as the census is. The indexing is done on > the > > name file with the attachments (photos) following > along. It > > doesn't matter if we disagree, I would still handle it > in > > Mills as a DB. This may be an instance of semantics. I > wish > > my family had a similar tool where they were at. > > Congratulations on findng this helpful tool. > > Rich in LA CA > > > > > > > > > > > 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
