Mary, I guess I can see that happening. I was thinking that you saw a birth year on someone's online tree, but subsequently found their birth certificate. Why would you keep the original citation? I'm not sure I would add a "disproved" event saying the person's online tree is incorrect... I don't need to see that in reports, anyone coming after me sees the hard fact certificate, and those online trees are always changing. I could see keeping the original source if it is in a published book but you have disproven it. I would still consider making the "disproved" event private to keep off reports, but always visible on the screen. Maybe I'm missing something. (could be my efforts to de-clutter my home are spilling over?)
I also have several "personal knowledge" sources, which I tend to remove as I get proper documentation, especially the one that is "Paula Pre-2000".... things I recorded on paper before I got serious, put it on computer, and I don't remember where the data came from at all. --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind Hopkins Hughes Hurdle Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts Roche Ryburn Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams ----- Original Message ---- From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Paula Ryburn <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, September 16, 2011 1:34:12 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Template for citing Ancestry.com tree info Actually, I don't think that you would remove or replace the original source for a piece of data "when you find a less iffy source for the data". You should keep every source because it shows how you build towards your conclusions. That's where the "Alt" events or "Disproven" events can be used if the data is found to be not true. Mary ---- Paula Ryburn <[email protected]> wrote: > You might consider just doing a "generic" (is that the first one in the list?) > or even just use the Basic format, because you ultimately will remove/replace > the citation anyway when you find a less "iffy" source for the data. Just a > "don't sweat the small stuff" thought. Or just use the "internet" one. > --Paula in Texas > Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman > Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field > Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind Hopkins Hughes Hurdle > Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts Roche >Ryburn > Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Jean Suplick <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Fri, September 16, 2011 10:41:22 AM > Subject: [LegacyUG] Template for citing Ancestry.com tree info > > > Which source writer template do you use for citing something like information > found on a public family tree on Ancestry.com? Or a family tree published on a > private (non-commercial) website? I realize the surety level of such > information can be very low, but nonetheless, I find it helpful to source even > the "iffy" info. > > Thanks for any suggestions, > Jean S. > 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
