My "two cents worth" probably isn't worth that amount these days but
isn't this all just a matter of semantics?
Although they have certainly been known to have errors, isn't tombstone
the source? The photo, to me, is only a means of recording that
source, so that I have a record of what's actually shown there.
Perk (:>)
Family History: Where every little step backward means progress (:of
Researching:
Clawson, Kibby, Ford, Starek& Rohrer (in Ohio)
And
Black, Webb, Millar,& Nichol (in Ontario& UK)
On 2/25/2011 9:11 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> 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.
>>
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