If possible, it's worth adding a date to verbal sources and who she was talking to.
I have a Master Source: Family Member - and in source detail put their name, their relationship to the person being sourced or other reason why they'd know, date and means of communication. eg Mary Smith nee Jones, grandmother, in phone call on 15 May 2005 to ...
For a couple of family members who were the source for a lot of information I have made a separate Master Source. Where possible I still add date and means in the source detail.
These oral communications, especially when made close to the event, are original sources from -Elizabeth Shown Mills definition in "Evidence":
"Original material, as defined by the purist, is based on firsthand knowledge - be it oral or written. It is the testimony of a person relating events that he or she personally experienced or witnessed. It is an original document created by a party with firsthand knowledge of the information being recorded."
Since memory is a strange and unreliable thing, I tend to put Recollection of / Reminiscences of - for events recounted that happened a long time ago and look for corroborating evidence.
"Evidence" shows an Oral Source as an Interview - with interviewer and interviewee identified and mention of a transcript.
Most of my oral sources aren't so formal. ;-)
Cheers, Cathy
At 16:24 20/05/2005, you wrote:
Hello Listers
My grandmother Lottie EACHUS is the SOURCE of some information about my grandfather.
How would I enter her as the source ?
Would I just show- SOURCE... Lottie EACHUS - verbal.Then enter the details of the information.
Or is there some recognised way that I should show it ?
Regards
John
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