On 10-Jul-16 02:03 AM, Martha Graham wrote:
Good Afternoon,
The discussion on what happens to the three 'Note' sections has
encouraged me to dig deeper into finding exactly what I have put in the
Notes and where the info should really be.
Some of the Notes fall into the 'Research' Category and I have a handle
on what to do with those.
What bothers me right now and something I would like input on is the
info I have that tells me where I got information via email lists, and
direct communication with various cousins, etc.
Back in 1999 when Mail Lists were in vogue, a lot of us shared
information via them and also personal communication. Sharing sets of
files as well as gedcoms.
But, those bits and pieces wound up in General Notes because I had no
place else to put them. The info is, obviously, scattered among my
people. So, how do I preserve the original source of email addy and date
along with a brief explanation of what was sent?
If I create a general event such as 'Electronic Source' or 'Email
Communication' or something similar, will anyone know what it is 50
years from now? What about the date when I actually got the information?
For instance:
Abraham Adsit,
DOB: 3 Mar 1850, Conneaut, Crawford, PA
DOD: 9 Nov 1936, Pennsylvania
An event for the origin of the data on him and his ancestors was shared:
Abram Adsit, and ancestors courtesy of
Patricia M. Edgett - [email protected]
13 Sep 1999
Pennsylvania
Conneaut, Crawford, PA
Thoughts?
You seem to be confusing Events with Sources. If you have a letter or
e-mail from someone, or you communicate via a mailing list, you may
receive information about various different Events or Facts. The
e-mail, letter, message board or whatever is the Source. If you use
SourceWriter, there are templates for all these different types of
Source which make it very easy to keep track and be consistent.
So you enter Abraham Adsit's date/place of birth and his date/place of
death in the relevant fields and then you attach the Source which
details who provided the information, when and how you received it and,
if you wish, a full transcript of the original message and perhaps
information about the reliability. When I get information from someone
in a letter or e-mail, for example, I add to the Source Comments
information about the sender ("Fanny Adams is a direct descendant of Joe
Bloggs, my 4th Gt Grandfather's brother".)
--
Jenny M Benson
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