I seem to be confused. The biography is the source, but within it you find events. So the events would go in the event field and the publication information, pg number etc into the source and source detail. Likely only a few events would be transcribed. If the book contained information about others, that could also be used as events and the book as the source.
No one is going to transcribe a book to put in notes fields or in the source detail, rather extracts would go in the event or the source detail. There is where the real decision lies. I like the idea of putting the short transcript pertaining to the event, into the event notes because it will then flow with the narrative; if in the source it will end up in footnotes. Do I have it all wrong? I think we need to treat most of our sources with a sense of caution. New information could turn up in a better source that contradicts it. Even official birth certificates can have mistakes. >________________________________ > From: Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 8:50 PM >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Obituary Event > >I do not consider a biography to be an event *in* a persons life, it is a >record of things which may, or may not, have happened during their life. It >is, therefore, a source for events/facts, but should also be treated with care >as biographies often contain errors of fact. >Ron Ferguson >http://www.fergys.co.uk/ >GOONS #5307 > > >"Marg Strong" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>The same way a biography about a person can hold events even if the person >>has died. >> >> >> >> >>>________________________________ >>> From: Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> >>>To: [email protected] >>>Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 5:23 PM >>>Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Obituary Event >>> >>>How can it possibly be a fact in a person's life when the person is dead? In >>>reality many obits. are sanitised versions of the truth anyhow. >>>Ron Ferguson >>>http://www.fergys.co.uk/ >>>GOONS #5307 >>> >>> >>>"M. Brenzel" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>>But you can also look at it as a fact in the person's life. An obituary >>>>was published for the individual. >>>> >>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>From: Doug Laidlaw [mailto:[email protected]] >>>>Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 4:03 PM >>>>To: [email protected] >>>>Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Obituary Event >>>> >>>>I would think of it as a source. It is not something that happened in the >>>>history of the individual in question, but an entirely separate piece of >>>>documentary evidence. >>>> >>>>Doug. >>>> >>>>On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:04:45 -0800 (PST) Marg Strong <[email protected]> >>>>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Speaking of obituary event (someone recently used it as an >>>>> illustration) I didn't think of it as being an event, but as a source, >>>>> with the transcription in the detail. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> If it were listed as an event, then it would be seen in the body of >>>>> the report, but as a source, it would be found in the >>>>> footnotes/endnotes so the event seems an advantage, having relatives >>>>> who will be sent my "book" after I am happier with my entries. (I'm >>>>> cleaning them up a bit every day) I'm fairly sure that most will skim >>>>> over the footnotes/endnotes or not read them. 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