Thanks, Cheryl. That's pretty much what I've been doing. Otherwise it gets pretty tedious if I am typing it all in myself from an online family tree. There are times I don't want to do an import and have to deal with the differences in how we all enter information.
But I wondered if I was being lazy in my treatment of sourcing. The examples I gave probably weren't the best. Sometimes they might reference a document they have in their possession or they saw first hand in someone else's possession. I don't feel quite right using that as my primary source since I didn't see it. I'll continue what I've been doing I guess. If it's a direct line ancestor I'd definitely go into more detail and care with the sourcing documentation. Thanks . Mary On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 2:50 PM, singhals <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > -- Mary LeClerc [email protected] My Blog: http://quiltinginoz.blogspot.com/ My Photos: http://tinyurl.com/3aylx7 "Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.” ~ Oprah Winfrey "The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul. No matter our talents, education, backgrounds, or abilities, we each have an inherent wish to create something that did not exist before." Dieter Uchtdorf 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
