When a book is the source, you enter it as a source, with all the attendant information about the source - author, publisher, date, repository, etc.
You are saying pictures should be entered as sources so that all the same important information about the picture can be entered. The information IS important for pictures just as it is for books et al. For those using SourceWriter, is there a template for picture? CE -----Original Message----- From: Connie Sheets [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 10:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Introduction and a Picture/Source Question Lana wrote <[email protected]> wrote: > I wouldn't cite information from a book without attempting > to properly cite > the source. I have trouble not citing a picture the > same way. > > Lana Exactly. You get information from a book. The book is your source, and you cite the book. You attach the citation that describes the book to a piece of information you derived from the book, like a birth date, not to the book itself. You get information from a photograph. The photograph is your source, and you cite the photograph. You attach the citation that describes the photograph to a piece of information you derive from the photograph, like a Family Reunion in 1939, not to the photograph itself. I agree one may want to record the provenance of a photograph, but that is a different concept. In any event, your only choices with Legacy are to create a photographic event, and then add a source citation to that. Or, use the description field to describe the provenance (and anything else you want to mention) when you attach the photo. Connie 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2900 - Release Date: 05/31/10 11:25:00 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
