If you have an old photo with the inscription "Sue Smith in her wedding gown, June 8, 1899", that photo plus its inscription might be your source for wedding information if you can't find other records (courthouse, family Bible, etc). I would probably list the source as "Inscription on picture" and the picture's name on disk.
If there are multiple photos from a photographer in Podunk, IL, then the people in those photographs probably lived within a reasonable distance of Podunk. Lacking other proof of location, I might list the photos as source for the location data. The number of photgraphs from a photographer's studio also might indicate the familiy's income level. Since pictures of tombstones have been mentioned, be aware that tombstone data is highly suspect. If the stone appears to have been placed at the person's time of death, the date of death on the stone is likely close to the actual date (whoever buried him/her knew when he/she died) but the date of birth still needs verification (children, grandchildren, nieces/nephews may not know their elders' dates of birth). If the stone was placed long after the person's death, both dates are suspect. If some descendant becomes wealthy and wants to replace the simple rock markers in the local cemetery, there may be no one alive who actually knew the deceased (happened in my wife's family). Tombstones are called "markers" for good reason - they mark the place where we *think* someone is buried. John > I have researched the archives and pondered this issue. Should photos > have sources---------are photos themselves a source. I believe the > answer to both is yes, > > It does not appear Legacy programmers think assigning a source to a > photo is approporate----at least I've not found a means to assign a > source to a photo. 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
