If I took the photo then I have seen the tombstone so my information is coming from the tombstone itself. I take a photograph to record for myself what I saw. If you take a photograph than I am actually getting the data from you through a photographic media. I would cite to you as the source. Likewise, if you wrote down your observations and posted it on the internet I would still cite to you.
-----Original Message----- From: Larry McCumber <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 8:33 am Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Photos as Sources-----Sources for Photos What is the difference between a photo you took and a photo someone else took? On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 8:50 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Photos of tombstones that I take are not sources but merely my memorial > of the source. No different that the cemetery survey notes that I write > down while at the cemetery. It is the tombstone which is the source. On > the other hand, photographs of tombstones taken by others are the > source which I properly cite to the photographer using the Chicago > Manual's style. > 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
