Jenny, There is no difference between us. I was thinking mainly in terms of transcribed data, but like yourself, if there is an image then, I agree, it is my "view" which I use; often with a comment such as "Ancestry indexes the name as xxxxx ", where it differs from my version.
I still put the Ancestry DB in the repository though. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ GOONS #5307 "Jenny M Benson" <[email protected]> wrote: >On 11/09/2012 17:09, Ron Ferguson wrote: >> I do not not disagree with you in absolute terms, but I do put (Ancestry, >> Findmypast etc.) in the repository. But I also make it clear where the >> actual documents may be viewed. My reason for this is that there may by a >> transcription error in Ancestry etc. which I have recorded as written; >> without knowing where I saw the reference it may prove harder to trace. > >In the case of records for which only a transcription is available to me >I would do as you do, but where there is an original image I record what >*I* see. > >Very often I agree that the transcription accurately reflects what is in >the image, even though I know the image is wrong - as often happens with >a Census where we are looking at what is already a transcription of an >original (in the case of UK Censuses, anyway.) Sometimes it easier for >me to read what was actually written than it is for a transcriber who >may be working at speed in an alien language, because I know what I am >looking for. > >As I record the full reference in my Citationss people can always find >what I looked at (if it's still available somewhere) and make up their >own minds. >-- >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
