I agree.
The purpose of a citation/reference is to allow the reader to refer to
the source material if they wish.
How you get there is less important. The only difference between two
different styles is that one may take you to the source more directly.
But the aim, the objective, is the end point
There are TWO reasons for citing sources, not one. Yes, we want the source
citation to be specific enough that we (or others) can find it again.
But reason #2 is equally if not more important: to tell me how much weight to
give to the evidence the source provides (and no, I'm not talking at
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From: Charles Apple apple1...@embarqmail.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Eek! Just joining Ancestry.com - citation nightmare?
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Date: Monday, June 14, 2010, 5:16 PM
Scott, I am no expert by any means,
however, my thoughts
I have finally decided to start my subcription to Ancestry.com, but
have hit a bit of a barrier out of the gate--my old friend, citations.
Ancestry is very good at telling you exactly what the citation should
be, but matching that to Evidence Explained--or the Source Writer
template--seems a bit
as the source would you even though they were the ones that delivered it to
your door.
Brian in CA
-Original Message-
From: Scott Hall [mailto:seh0...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 11:56 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Eek! Just joining
Scott,
I agree. It is a citation nightmare. I have subscribed to Ancestry
since 2002 and also used Legacy Family Tree since 2002, long before I
ever heard of Evidence Explained or the Legacy SourceWriter, but, I was
always annoyed at the way Ancestry.com is put in the first element of
the
Scott, Rich, et al,
IMHO you may be making more out of this than it warrants. The goal of
sources is to get as close to the original event as possible.
If Ancestry transcribed the census, you may use them as the source
with a with a Surety of 2 - Probable Conclusion at best or perhaps a
1,
Ah, the challenge deepens.
Two questions, one exactly on point to the original e-mail, one
slightly off point.
1. So as not to forget my original question -- how, in Legacy, do you
cite nonpopulation schedules?
2. When Ancestry's original source is NARA, but the images are from
FHL, what do
thoughts, I am sure other's may look at it differently.
Charles
-Original Message-
From: Scott Hall [mailto:seh0...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 6:19 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Eek! Just joining Ancestry.com - citation nightmare?
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