No argument from me about that summary - it's more or less what I have been trying to say. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ GOONS #5307
"Marg Strong" <[email protected]> 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. > > > > >>________________________________ >> 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. Do you use it as a >>>>>> source or event or both, when you have few or no other sources for the >>>>>> death? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for you ideas on this, >>>>>> Peggy >>>>>> >> 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
