Not sure why the detail containing the website location isn't enough for you.
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Paula Ryburn <[email protected]>wrote: > My problem with Legacy is that we enter that website/database at the > master source level, not at the detail level. So, since I "lump" at the > county level, do I need to set up a second "Census - Illinois Cook 1940" > master source when I find things at FamilySearch?? This strikes me as at > the very least not as flexible as Legacy would like to say they are. I > will look for a way to put the website at the detail level. Based on what > I've read here from those of you who follow "Evidence Explained" (I think > that's the book) for source citation standards, I will probably end up > having to use the over-ride to make the correct citation. *sigh* > > --Paula > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Michele Lewis <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Sun, April 29, 2012 5:34:58 PM > *Subject:* RE: [LegacyUG] 1940 census template questions > > This is a good question. Legacy’s templates have “blanks” for all of the > stuff you are supposed to cite. One of those “blanks” is for WHERE you > accessed the record. You want to say if it was a FHL microfilm, or a > FamilySearch image, or an Ancestry image etc. One reason was discussed > today on the Association of Professional Genealogists email list. It was > actually being discussed in reference to a different topic but it applies > here. The different “repositories” treat the images differently. They > enhance them to make them more clear and readable. Each one has their own > way of doing this. > > Let’s say I access the census on Ancestry and I see a name like this… > > > Williams, James. > > > But, let’s say someone else looked at it at FamilySearch. Because the > image was enhanced differently a faint “on” shows up at the end of the name > so now we have > Williamson, James > > > It can make a difference so you need to direct people back to the exact > image that you examined. > > > Michele > > <snip> > > > In the particular case of Federal Census records, is it really important > to cite the website through which you viewed the records? > > --P > > > > > 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 > 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
