On 05/09/2012 05:27, Paula Ryburn wrote: > Just catching up on summer threads (been mending from a broken arm), so > late to this party. > Great thread, Jenny! > What it brings to mind, though, is an earlier discussion of (for > example) US Census records, images of which can be found online at at > least three major websites here. > The previous discussion concluded that if you are using the SW > templates, then you would need three Master Sources for each Census -- > one each for HeritageQuest, Ancestry, and FamilySearch. > Considering the posts on THIS thread that talked about how transient > this internet stuff is, I may just go back to one Master Source for each > Census and somehow (if the spirit moves me?) figure out how to put > the website URL at the detail level. Of course, the citations would all > have the film, roll, etc. to find the person of interest, no matter what > website is providing the images online in the future. > Thoughts? > (When I say "each Census" I refer to whatever level of lumping one may > have chosen; I do US/year/State/County.)
With something like Censuses I don't think I'd worry too much about one of the big sites going out of business. I think most people know - and will know in the future - which sites carry the Censuses and as we cite all the particulars (Civil Parish, Piece No, Folio, Page & name of Individual or Family in the case of UK Censuses) it shouldn't be too difficult for someone to find the same information elsewhere. Of course, if I find information on XYZ website which doesn't seem to be available anywhere else and XYZ closes down then future researchers following in my footsteps are stymied. I was thinking more of where websites get new names/URLs or where databases are re-named or merged: does one change the Master Source to reflect the new titles/URLs or does one start a new Master Source? -- Jenny M Benson 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
