I agree with you wholeheartedly, Jenny. As I see it, events and sources support different phases of the genealogical research process. The source citation is where I record the raw data while in the event is where I write my narrative. Therefore, I would cut & paste the e-mail into a source citation exactly as it exists (or scan it if only a printed copy is available) but restate the gist of the e-mail as part of a narrative in the event.
I know a lot of people on LUG do it differently but as someone who does research for a living (albeit not genealogical research), I firmly believe that the raw data and my narrative are two different things. -Jack -----Original Message----- From: Jenny M Benson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, Nov 12, 2010 6:47 pm Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] adding stories On 12/11/2010 18:07, Kathy Meyer wrote: > So I'm hearing that if I create an event for each email (email from > JohnDoe 1 Jan 2003) and then put the text of the email into the > details of that event. I'm not seeing a source reference I would > attach to that because everything would be right there in the event; > it would be self explanatory. If it was me I would still create a Source for this Event, using the SourceWriter Template for an e-mail. It might be overkill but I do want to find *all* my Sources under Sources. -- Jenny M Benson 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
