Hi Cathy, yes I am familiar with those general principles and try to use them. What I was zeroing in on was a more specific problem with identifying the source type in this particular template, "Land and Property Records > Deed and conveyances > Recorded at local/county/district level > Deed books > Basic format." If you leave the "series" field blank, only the volume no. and page no. appear in the output. You want the citation to identify the type of book that record is in. So I put "Deed Books" in the series field, but I was wondering if others have a different approach. EE seems to assume that records are neatly grouped in "series" at county courthouses and that that information is readily obtainable, but I don't know that either is true (and definitely not the latter).
Barton On Sat, Feb 06, 2016 at 11:16 PM, Cathy Pinner wrote: Barton, I can't answer your specifics as I'm not familiar with this record source. However, two principles: 1) enter enough so someone can find what you're looking at. 2) as a general rule don't put Source details into the Master source especially if you're likely to find someone else in this source. Using Master Sources doesn't make it any harder to find the particular details - you've attached the Source to everyone where the details are relevant. Making everything a Master Source and not using source details, on the other hand makes it much harder to be consistent AND harder to find everyone for whom you've used the these Deed Books as you have to highlight all the relevant "Master Sources" before using Show List. Cathy Barton Lewis wrote: I’m just starting to enter deeds, and selected the fi rst Master Template (Deed Books > Basic format) since I have the deed sent to me by the county registrar. My question is this: I know EE talks about the “series� in which a specific record falls; but how useful or even relevant is this information? When we order a deed from the courthouse, we aren’t usually told what “record group� or “series� it’s in; “Henderson County, North Carolina Deed Book 1, p. 81� as about as good as it gets. So when we leave the field “Series� blank in our master source, we get “Henderson, North Carolina, 1: 81, heirs of Reuben Fletcher to Charles Greer, 20 Dec 1834; Register of Deeds, Henderson County, Hendersonville.� The words “deed book� do not appear and even though one might assume that’s where the record is found, I think the book type should be named. So I entered “Deed Books� into the series field, and got the above with “Deed Books� now appearing between North Carolina and 1: 81. Does this seem right? Does anyone use a single Master Source for multiple deeds in one book, for example, and if so, is that a preference simply because it means not as many steps as entering each individual deed as a Master Source and does it make it harder to find the reference to a particular deed in your sources or not really? Thanks, Barton 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
