Mary LeClerc wrote: > Wondering how the rest of you source information you get > from someone else's family tree online, a shared gedcom, > etc. Do you show that person as your source or do you show > their primary source (if you are lucky enough to be able to > have them?). For instance, if Relative X provided me with > the names of a new generation of grandparents and she shows > the 1880 U.S. Census, Indiana birth records, and Indiana > Marriage records as her sources. You haven't looked at > those sources yourself and assuming you don't have access to > them at this time, would you show Relative X as your source > and maybe make a note of where she got her information? I > wouldn't consider this a proven grandparent until I myself > had verified sources, but I'm just wondering how you all > treat this sort of thing. Sometimes, for collateral people > in my tree, I'm not going to spend the time to look up all > those sources.
I cite where *I* got it. Whoever found it first ought to be mentioned because without Cousin ATT telling me I needed to check Cameron Parish La I would never have found it because the family lived in Birmingham, Ala. So, TNX and a tip of the hat to Cousin ATT in the sources. I often tack on, somewhere that seems convenient that day, that ATT cites xyz as her source. Cheryl 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
