From: Laura M. <bb...@ho...> - 2008-09-18 00:13:58
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Many thanks, I have found this part of your post to the list (below) very helpful. I've been struggling with sources ever since I started using GRAMPS just over a year ago. To make matters worse, things were really messed up upon importing from my gedcoms. This is a very clear description and helps me out. Thank you! Laura > Thanks. I've been reading about it and if I understood it correctly it > is a way - and rather clever - to avoid adding sources just because > there was a change in medium. As I see it after reading about it: > > The document that supports the birth of John Doe is a baptism record. > That record is originally in the Baptism Books of the Parish of Argh, > Page 23 of the 2nd volume of the year 1850. However that is not the > only place where the source is available: > > * The original is in the above mentioned book > * There is a microfilm in the District Archive that covers "Baptism > Records of Argh, 1840-1860". That microfilm has a call number of > MF1234 in the District Archive > * The same record was digitalised and is available in the webpage of > the National Archive > > Looking at it (and not assuming a one-page/one-source approach) I would have: > > * A single Source - Baptism Records of the Parish of Argh > * Three Repositories: the Parish Archives, the District Archive and > the National Archive > * The RepositoryRef in each source would indicate the specific call > number: perhaps nothing in the case of the actual books, the MF1234 > for the microfilms and the URL for the Digital Archive. _________________________________________________________________ Want to do more with Windows Live? Learn “10 hidden secrets” from Jamie. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008 |