Hello Cathy, Bill Daniels, and Janet Story
Thank you for your veiws on this subject
I do have the training CDs but they dont mention this type of Source.
Regards
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cathy"
Subject: Re: Grandmother as Source
Hi John,
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
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