"I found it on Family Search" isn't what I'd call pinpoint accuracy or reliability as a source. It's right up there with "It was on-line somewhere."
IMO. Cheryl Michele/Support wrote: > Jenny, > This is why when I input a website into a source citation I always use the > address of the main page. For example, when I download images from a records > collection from FamilySearch.org such as the Georgia Death Certificates > 1914-1927 found here https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1320969 The > actual source citation will only have http://familysearch.org because the > internal structure of the website could easily change. > > If you look at Evidence Explained, the census models give the website address > as http://www.ancestry.com and not a link to the specific census page or > even the census collection. > > > Michele > Technical Support > [email protected] > www.legacyfamilytree.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2014 12:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Shifting Sources > > Well, it's not actually the Sources which have shifted, but the names of > Collections change and/or Search methods change and I'm wondering how other > LUGgers handle this. > > Here's an example which illustrates exactly what I mean. In the Good Old > Days when searching FindMyPast for a marriage in the English county of > Cheshire one could select "Parish Records" from a a menu, then select the tab > for Marriages and then enter the search parameters. > > I set up a SourceWriter Source (using the template for Church Record Books > created at local level, online images) called Parish Registers - FMP. I put > the website details into the Master Source and entered "Parish Records > Collection" in the Collection field. The name of the specific Church and its > location and whether the record is from PRs or BTs and whether a Baptism, > Marriage or Burial, I included in the Source Detail. > > Now the FindMyPast site has been completely re-vamped and the easiest and > quickest way to find a marriage in Cheshire is to use the All Records list to > select either Diocese of Chester Parish Registers of Marriages or Diocese of > Chester Bishhop's Transcripts of Marriages. > There is no longer a facility to search "Parish Records" generally. > > So, the question is this: would you continue to use the "Parish Registers - > FMP" template and have any following-on researcher muddle through to find the > same record which I did, or would you set up a new Master Source for the > specific Collection (and corresponding new Sources for the Baptism and > Burials Collections, PRs and BTs in each case and for each County)? And > supposing you create a new set of Master Sources, would you update all your > old citations to the new Sources or leave them as they are? > > I think I know what Elizabeth Shown Mills would say, but I am not asking what > is RIGHT, but what do most people actually do?! 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
