I don't agree Connie. Nothing is stored on the "Internet", but on servers that you can access thru the internet. The Internet is just a method to allow you to get to the servers such as on Ancestry.com. And even at that, Ancestry.com probably does not have the originals, but only copies. So where is the real repository? Being a splitter, each of my certificates (death, birth, marriage, etc) is a source. If I get a "copy" from Ancestry.com, I list the repository as Ancestry.com. If I have an original, then I list the repository as being in my files. Just my method.
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Connie Sheets <[email protected]> wrote: > David, I disagree with you completely. The internet is a repository, like a > library. Ancestry.com is like a book (or more accurately, like a series of > multi-volume books) within that library. I certainly would cite the name and > page number of a book I found within a library. > > While I agree there would be 17 specific source citations, there only needs > to be one Master Source (the Ancestry North Carolina database). Although > lumping vs. splitting is a personal choice, I suppose it would be possible to > have just one Master Source for Ancestry. I suspect most people would want > to avoid having a separate Master Source for each death certificate. > > I will respond separately with examples of how I would cite the NC death > certificates example. > > Connie > > > > --- On Sun, 2/13/11, David C Abernathy <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> [quote] In my family file I have 17 >> death certificates all from Ancestry.com but I am confused >> how to cite them.[/quote] >> >> >> The source if the information is the certificates, NOT >> Ancestry.com or even the State or County. So with 17 >> certificates you would have 17 sources. This is the same for >> birth and marriage certificates. >> >> Ancestry.com is not a source but a depository, just like >> the records found at a library, Archive and etc are not the >> sources, but again a depository. >> >> >> Thanks, >> David C Abernathy > > > > > > > > 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
