From: <bm...@ca...> - 2007-05-21 13:04:24
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As I understand it, GEDCOM date in sourceref means to do the following: A source is ag: baptize acts 1902-1912. Then, in a baptize record (same for marriage, death), the individual acts are numbered according to date, so: "1910-05-02, baptized John, son of ....." So the date is the log date of the event hapening as written down in the source. So date is there to allow you to find the birth record in the source, the same as page helps you to find the relevant section in a book (the old records don't have page numbers and numbering is often something added by present day researchers, not by the person who wrote the record). So date and page in sourceref serve the same purpose. Furthermore, remember, sourceref is about how you use the source, so publication date/info of the source *does not belong there*. That should go in the source object, the same for text, eg: "Published by John Whiley and Co., 2005". Sourceref is about how to work with the source to find the info of the person you are looking at in this source. In present day design, one would not add page or date to eg the person object, one would link directly to the correct position within the source. The linked structure in GEDCOM however only links to source, so they needed to refine that with the sourceref included in person object. Benny Quoting Brian Matherly <br...@gr...>: >>> Like I already explained, the publishing date of a source is not >>> readily available >> >> That makes me think: >> In Genealogy, what must we put in date field on SourceRef, the date of >> publication (1875) or the date of discovered source (2007) !!! > > I've been wondering the same thing for a long time. If anyone has any > insight, please share! > > ~Brian > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. |