Hi Paula, I tend to remove less specific sources once I have found more specific sources. This frequently happens with death dates, where the SSDI often contains only the month and year of death, but the actual birth date. I cite the SSDI for both dates. But if I later find a state death index or an obituary with the actual death date, I remove the SSDI source for death. When sources are equally specific, I tend to leave them both cited. I wouldn't bet that I've been totally consistent with that philosophy. And I definitely see no harm in keeping all sources, even if less specific.
Bob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paula Ryburn Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 16:26 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
