Brian Thank you for your perspective. Cathy
------ Original Message ------ From: "Brian L. Lightfoot" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: 2/15/2013 2:15:06 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Questions regarding Source Type >I absolutely agree with them being considered as "Artifacts, privately >held". The keys words to all of these documents are "commemorative" and >"in my possession". Otherwise, where would any other researcher now or >in the future go to see these documents. The answer is only to the >original poster of the question. > >And yes, I'll also be the first to admit that many people blur the >lines between "commemorative" and "official". I've seen many supposed >birth certificates from researchers that are in effect only the >commemorative certificate issued by the hospital and not the official >record of birth recorded by the local government agency. The same >applies to those marriage certificates that are freely handed out by >ministers. But then as I grow older and more forgiving, I have to ask >myself, what is the difference? If a person records one of these >commemorative certificates as an official document but adds notes >something to the effect that it was issued by the hospital, or >minister, and is in their possession, that seems close enough for me. >At least the dates and locations are correct and those would be a good >pointer for looking for any official documents if so desired. Yeah, I >know --- I'll take a lot of heat for this. So what. One has to be thick >skinned to be on the LUG anyhow. :-) > > >Brian in CA > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Gene Young [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 10:45 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Questions regarding Source Type > >On 2/15/2013 1:24 PM, Sentz wrote: >> Okay, I'll run the following up the flag pole again, since no one >> responded a while ago. >> How should one record the following in Legacy using the Source >>Writer. >> I was trying to understand how to classify types of documents/data >>and >> find the appropriate source type using the "What kind of source" data >> field. >> A child received "The Blessing of Little Children" rather than being >> Christened or baptized as an infant. The name of the child, parents, >> birthdate, church and date of blessing along with the names of the >> officiating ministers are recorded in a commemorative card/pamphlet >> that was given to the parents. Didn't see anything that was >> appropriate in the big list of source types. Would this be a generic >>source? >> The parents of a child received a certificate of birth from the >> hospital. This is supposedly a commemorative document and not >> considered the legal birth certificate from the state of residence. >> What type of document would this be considered? generic or birth >> record at the local/county level? >> The newlyweds received a Certificate of Marriage from the officiating >> minister. Again, this is not a marriage license, but a commemorative >> document/pamphlet. It cites the names of those married, the location >> (city & state, not the church, although the name of the church is >> known), date of the ceremony, witnesses and the officiating minister. >> It is not known whether the church recorded the marriage in 1945. >> Again, is this considered a generic document? I did not see anything >> that looked like a match in the type of source lists. >> What about the little funeral service card...would this be considered >> a funeral announcements, artifact-privately held? or would this also >> be considered generic? >> Since I am in possession of all of the above, would they be >>considered >> part of my personal repository, or would they be assigned to the >> organization the issued the document? > > >Artifacts > privately held, then fill in the blanks, noting that you do >NOT have to fill in every blank > > >-- > >Gene Young >Researching Young, Harer, Cox & Sallada >With Legacy Family Tree >http://myyoungs.atspace.com/index.htm > > > > > >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 > > > 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). 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