You'll get a lot of different answers on this one. My experience is it is best to keep ALL citations. Even the bad ones (with appropriate notes, of course).
Folks seem to have two different styles. One will cite just their current "best" evidence on something. It's easy to see what they used, what how they came to the conclusion,and makes for neat footnootes. The other (and I'm firmly in this camp) documents everything they can get their paws on. Contradictory information, lesser cites, etc. It all goes into the pot. Messier, yes - but particularly where evidence is contradictory, keeping those "extras" around may prove useful. And I've found over the years that it is sometimes useful to know if I've already checked this reference or that on a particular fact. Good hunting Stan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paula Ryburn Sent: Wednesday, 05 January, 2005 17:26 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] question: Personal Knowledge as a Source Hi all, I've been meaning to ask this question for a while, but... you know how it goes. Say I have a death date put in for my mother's aunt based on Mom's personal knowledge (she and her mom attended the funeral). I have Mom as the source, enter the date and place, and have some notes, too. THEN my parents do cemetery visits for me and find this aunt's gravestone. For death date, I update with the month and day from the gravestone. I have added the Cemetery as a Source for death date - for the Burial information, too, of course. My question: I have kept both source citations. Is that what everyone else does? Or do you remove the older, less-specific one? I have further examples, based on census data, where the date is fleshed out in several subsequent sources. Do I keep them all cited? Or just the definitive one? Thanks in advance, --Paula Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
