I add each certificate as a Master Source. I used not to. I changed so that I can use the Source Detail to explicitly identify the bit of info from that certificate that is relevant to a given data item. For example, as well as date and place of death, things like last known address or parents' names may also be included. These all have different levels of credibility, or "Surety" in Legacy parlance, and I found it essential to identify this explicitly. When I had the repository as the Master Source and individual certificates as Source Detail I found it very confusing when I went back later. If you use this latter technique, additional detail notes are essential.
Lots of earlier discussion on this in the archives. Rob On 6/5/05, Monty Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adding the deceased name to the citation detail is a good idea and one way > to avoid future confusion. Certificates almost always provide information > on the subject's location, relatives and friends. Obituaries will list > pallbearers, married names of family, etc. So it's possible a single death > certificate might provide a tidbit of information on, for example, 10 or > more people. Clarity is required. > > > > > Ron and Monty, > > Something I've been doing recently is adding the name of the person > cited on the vital record in brackets in the Source Detail, so that if > I use that particular source as a source in another individual's > record (for example parents' residence), I will know immediately that > it isn't the second person's vital record, but a different person's. > > > > > > > > > > Susan > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.2 - Release Date: 6/4/2005 > > 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
