I think you summarized it quite well. Each researcher makes their own decision on what to include as events and where to put details they found about that event. It is also a matter of personal choice on what to include with a source. The "essential" information is to identify the document, web page, book etc. in a way that someone can find the same document. Any extra information such as an transcription of all or part is optional.
Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [email protected] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -- On 16/11/2012 22:37, Marg Strong wrote: > 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. 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
