I think I was a lumper, LOL. I noticed in the attempts at exporting my GEDCOM a while ago that I showed 125 Master Sources with 18,892 citations. I have read and looked up the topic so much the past few days that I am more confused than ever. Too much of a good thing. I will give it some thought and maybe find a happy medium.
*Naomi Lee SMITH BLACK,* *Cartersville, GA.* AERNI, SUTTER, SMITH, GIFFORD, ZELUFF, WINGATE, BLACK, CARDER, RAWLS taphophilia, noun, from the Greek word taphos meaning grave; a love for funerals, graves, cemeteries www.LegacyFamilyTree.com On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Tessa Keough <[email protected]> wrote: > that is the eternal "lumper" vs "splitter" debate that many have had and > you can probably find discussion of on various boards. For my part I am a > lumper and I use the 1920 US Census as a master source (I do make the > distinction of where I got it) and then change it up in detail for the > locations and households. Others use the specific census in the specific > location as the master source and the detail is just the household. > > Question - what did you do before and how did it work for you? Give it > some thought, watch the videos that reference master sources and decide for > yourself how you want to approach your master sources. > > Tessa > > > > On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 7:55 AM Naomi SMITH BLACK < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Next question. Now that I am starting from scratch...what qualifies as a >> Master Source? >> Ex: 1920 US Federal Census >> >> I will be using many of these, but for different areas, such as Putnam >> County, Ohio and Monroe County, Michigan, etc. >> >> Would *each* of these be considered a Master Source? >> >> I have looked this up so much that my brain is scrambled. >> >> >> >> *Naomi Lee SMITH BLACK,* >> *Cartersville, GA.* >> >> AERNI, SUTTER, SMITH, GIFFORD, ZELUFF, WINGATE, BLACK, CARDER, RAWLS >> >> taphophilia, noun, from the Greek word taphos meaning grave; a love for >> funerals, graves, cemeteries >> >> www.LegacyFamilyTree.com >> -- >> >> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >> [email protected] >> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ >> mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >> Archives at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ > mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >
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