Michelle, I'm not the source-police this year, ITGF! So, whatever works for you.
Thing is, though, one wouldn't cite "Library of Congress" if one had seen the item in their Newspaper & Periodical Reading Room; one would cite the newspaper itself -- '/The Augusta Chronicle/, Vol. dxx, No. 213, pg B5c, seen at Library of Congress.' Why should be it be different for an on-line repository? I've got a couple sources around that begin 'gopher PennState/pubs/...' because the only ID on the file was a file # from that pubs list. I've got a few more where I've cited "Tilton @ Tulane" (meaning I found it in a book in the Tilton Library at Tulane University in NOLA). The ones I still have like that are the ones I've never found a better version of after-the-web. Makes me kinda picky about citing some on-line "source." Twice bitten and all that. Cheryl Michele Lewis wrote: > Cheryl, > > Here is an actual example from my personal file to give you > a better idea. This gives the main page for GenealogyBank as > the web address in the source citation and not a link to the > specific page within GenealogyBank. > > "Ernest Lee Lewis dies at Martinez," The Augusta Chronicle, > 22 February 1946, p. 5, col. 3; digital images, > GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 05 > October 2013). > > I am thinking that an average genealogist would be able to > go to the GenealogyBank website and find this article even > though I didn’t put the link to the actual page. > > Michele > Technical Support > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/> > > On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 1:45 PM, singhals > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > "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] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > www.legacyfamilytree.com <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com> > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:[email protected] > <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
