Sullivan Williams
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From: Olds-Wills-Anderson-Simonson Hodges-Harris-Liikala-Jukkara
family.na...@gmail.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Fri, February 25, 2011 11:24:01 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Photos as Sources-Sources for Photos
Thank you all for input
On 2011/02/25 06:22, Olds-Wills-Anderson-Simonson Hodges-Harris-Liikala-Jukkara
wrote:
I have researched the archives and pondered this issue. Should photos
have sources-are photos themselves a source. I believe the
answer to both is yes,
Hmm! Isn't the source of a photograph just
Current thinking, at least in the US, is that we need to distinguish between
sources, information, and evidence.
Yes, a photograph can be a source if we derive information (e.g. the date of
birth in your example of a tombstone photo) from the photograph.
I'm not convinced, however, that we
properly cite to the photographer using the Chicago
Manual's style.
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From: Mike Fry mike...@iafrica.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 1:36 am
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Photos as Sources-Sources for Photos
On 2011/02/25 06:22, Olds-Wills
ancestors.
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Bill Boswell
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From: Olds-Wills-Anderson-Simonson Hodges-Harris-Liikala-Jukkara
[mailto:family.na...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 11:22 PM
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of sources since everything is prone to
human error.
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Bill Boswell
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From: atlant...@aol.com [mailto:atlant...@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 8:50 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Photos as Sources-Sources for Photos
What is the difference between a photo you took and a photo someone else took?
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 8:50 AM, atlant...@aol.com wrote:
Photos of tombstones that I take are not sources but merely my memorial
of the source. No different that the cemetery survey notes that I write
down while
. Likewise, if you wrote down your observations and posted it
on the internet I would still cite to you.
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From: Larry McCumber lemccum...@gmail.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 8:33 am
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Photos as Sources-Sources
your observations and posted it
on the internet I would still cite to you.
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From: Larry McCumberlemccum...@gmail.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 8:33 am
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Photos as Sources-Sources for Photos
What
, 2011 12:59 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Photos as Sources-Sources for Photos
My two cents worth probably isn't worth that amount these days but isn't this
all just a matter of semantics?
Although they have certainly been known to have errors, isn't tombstone
No, it is not necessarily a matter of semantics. It is a matter of writing a
source citation that is specific enough that you (and hopefully others) know
where you got the information AND can evaluate the quality of the evidence.
Technically, the tombstone itself is an original source; a
If you have an old photo with the inscription Sue Smith in her wedding
gown, June 8, 1899, that photo plus its inscription might be your source
for wedding information if you can't find other records (courthouse,
family Bible, etc). I would probably list the source as Inscription on
picture and
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From: Olds-Wills-Anderson-Simonson Hodges-Harris-Liikala-Jukkara
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 11:22 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Photos as Sources-Sources for Photos
...
It does not appear Legacy programmers think assigning a source to a
photo
On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:02:26 -0500, Genealogy mail
rgstrong-ge...@hughes.net wrote:
To answer your question, they did in fact program a means to source
Photographs, portraits sketches using SourceWriter if you have the
Deluxe version. Add a new source and choose Photographs, portraits
sketches
: Connie Sheets [mailto:clshee...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 1:59 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Photos as Sources-Sources for Photos
No, it is not necessarily a matter of semantics.� It is a matter of writing a
source citation that is specific enough
-Harris-Liikala-Jukkara
[mailto:family.na...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 8:22 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Photos as Sources-Sources for Photos
I have researched the archives and pondered this issue. Should photos
have sources-are photos
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From: William Boswell whbosw...@gmail.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 12:41 pm
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Photos as Sources-Sources for Photos
What happens when the tombstone is no longer there and you have a
photograph
taken prior
changed in the newest build of
Legacy...
Connie
--- On Fri, 2/25/11, Kirsten Bowman vik...@rvi.net wrote:
From: Kirsten Bowman vik...@rvi.net
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Photos as Sources-Sources for Photos
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Date: Friday, February 25, 2011, 9:43 PM
Gary
to
the photograph itself. Unless something has changed in the newest build of
Legacy...
Connie
--- On Fri, 2/25/11, Kirsten Bowman vik...@rvi.net wrote:
From: Kirsten Bowman vik...@rvi.net
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Photos as Sources-Sources for Photos
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Date
Thank you all for input. Some kept more on the mark than others (my
intended mark anyway) but all very interesting perspectives all the
same. I was indeed soliciting perspectives on directly linking a
source to a photograph in, say, the Picture Center, thus assigning a
source citation to a
I have researched the archives and pondered this issue. Should photos
have sources-are photos themselves a source. I believe the
answer to both is yes,
It does not appear Legacy programmers think assigning a source to a
photo is approporateat least I've not found a means to assign a
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