Ok, thanks! --Jerry On 11/09/2011 12:57 AM, Kirsten Bowman wrote: > Jerry: > Your issues can be simplified considerably by remembering that it’s > generally not customary to cite repositories for published items that > are widely available, and records online are also considered > “published.†With hard to find items, however, I do include the > repository in the citation. I also sometimes note the repository for > my own purposes, not as a part of the formal source citation but as a > privatized note. > Kirsten > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry > Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 5:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Question About Sourcing and Repositories > I have a few questions about sourcing that I'm sure many of you can help > me with. > 1. When you cite a newspaper article as a source, do you attempt to > always document where that article can be found, either online or in a > person's possession? And do you always provide the specific http URL > address, if it is available online? > 2. If so, what happens if that online website which is housing that > newspaper article shuts down? (or the person who has the article dies?) > 3. Along with this, if the newspaper article is in the possession of a > certain person, is that person, in effect, the REPOSITORY for the item > and should a REPOSITORY of all items in that person's or organization's > possession be set up for ready reference? > I hope this is clear enough. Thanks! > -- > Jerry - MerriamFamilyTree.org > > > 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
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