Thanks, Nancy. I agree 100%. On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Nancy Stevens <[email protected]>wrote:
> You are correct that you should not "source" documents that you know only > from someone else's sources. However, do add a note to the citation for > that person or tree detailing that they have cited actual documents because > this speaks to the reliability of the information. > > > On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Mary LeClerc <[email protected]>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. >> >> Same sort of thing, when you import data from another Gedcom, I know you >> can autosource each field with information, but that doesn't carry through >> the original sources unless I am doing something wrong? >> >> Thanks for your ideas, >> Mary >> >> -- >> 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 >> > > > > 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
