Cathy, I apologize if I am being dense. But …
I am referring to the same “item” or “record” (the one, and only one, for this particular John Reeves), in the “database” (in this case, let’s say the Texas Death Index). The death record provides John’s date of birth, his date of death, and his mother’s name. I understood you to say (and correct me if I’m wrong) that you would put in the “item of interest” field the same language, regardless of whether it was to source John’s birth, his death, or his mother’s name, and that language would be “entry for John Reeves’s 1954 death.” I had been entering such language for his death field, but for his birth field, I had been entering “entry for John Reeves’s 1878 birth.” Is this not what you would do? And if so, why not? Even though it’s a death record, it can still act as a source for other information in the record, can it not, and the item of interest field reflect that? I understand Brian Kelly’s reasoning for styling the entry “entry for John Reeves’s 1878 birth” with the mother’s name in the source details as a source for her name. Thank you, Barton From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Cathy Pinner Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 7:14 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Use of item of interest field in database sources Barton, When I said you wouldn't change the source details every time you attach that source, by "source" I was meaning the particular record concerning the birth of John Reeves. If you find some other record in that same database, of course you change the source details. You're referring to another "item". Cathy BARTON LEWIS wrote: Thanks, Jenny, but the question was specifically would you change the "item of interest" field to "entry for John Reeves's 1878 birth" in the birth field and "entry for John Reeves's 1954 death" in the death field? Cathy said "it's for the item of interest in the database" and you "would not change the source details every time you attach the source to a piece of information." I don't understand her distinction. Barton On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Jenny M Benson wrote: On 16-Nov-16 03:06 PM, BARTON LEWIS wrote: But what if you are using the same source (e.g. Texas Death Records) for both John's birth and his death? If you attach it in the death field and it says "1878 birth of John Reeves" and you are using it as a source for his death, isn't that odd? Why would you not change it to "1954 death of John Reeves" if there are different vitals data in the record and you are using it for different vitals? Yes, if citing a Death Register (or Index thereof) entry I would use "entry for John Reeves' death, 1954" and attach the same Source/Citation to all relevant fields - name, date of birth, date of death, names of parents ... whatever is included in the database entry. -- Jenny M Benson -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserG r...@legacyusers.com <mailto:r...@legacyusers.com> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
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