: [LegacyUG] Do you limit your # of sources for one fact?
I have the same philosphy as Jenny - it depends.
I may use some census information supported by a child's birth record to
determine an approximate birth date and place. Then I may eventually find an
index entry for that peron's birth record, so
How interesting, Scott!
Michele
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From: Scott Hall [mailto:seh0...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 12:10 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Do you limit your # of sources for one fact?
I'm similar to Michele in that I keep all official sources, but I track my
I'd like to interject here You might not be planning at the moment
to publish, but you do need to think about the future use of your
Family File.
I lead a Legacy User Group and have spent the past three months
teaching the group how to fix something just like this. The group
member who
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Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 12:45 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Do you limit your # of sources for one fact?
I'd like to interject here You might not be planning at the moment to
publish, but you do need to think about
was a major project. When the tools are there
to allow doing it right, it's *so* much better to use them.
Kirsten
From: Scott Hall
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 9:09 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Do you limit your # of sources for one fact?
I'm similar to Michele
those notes to proper sources was a major project. When the tools are
there
to allow doing it right, it's *so* much better to use them.
Kirsten
From: Scott Hall
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 9:09 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Do you limit your # of sources
database I keep them.
michele
From: julia m [mailto:aga...@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 1:29 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Do you limit your # of sources for one fact?
I was just wondering how other people handle this? For example:
You find someone's
julia m wrote:
I was just wondering how other people handle this? For example:
You find someone's birthdate (or year) from a census, so you attach the
census as the source. Later you read a few more things (obit, gravestone,
etc) so you add those as sources to that piece of data. Then you
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Do you limit your # of sources for one fact?
julia m wrote:
I was just wondering how other people handle this? For example:
You find someone's birthdate (or year) from a census, so you attach the
census as the source. Later you read a few more things (obit, gravestone,
etc
When I first get a fact, I add the source which defines that fact. E.G.
A census says that someone was x years old which means they were born
about 1856 or whatever.
If I get more sources which give the same information, I usually ignore
them, for that fact. E.G. several censuses all suggest
: Thursday, March 22, 2012 1:28 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Do you limit your # of sources for one fact?
I was just wondering how other people handle this? For example:
You find someone's birthdate (or year) from a census, so you attach the census
as the source. Later you read a few more things (obit
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