From: Nick H. <nic...@ho...> - 2009-10-16 22:30:25
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Hubert Toullec wrote: > I am a relatively new user to genealogy and Gramps and I started to organize > my source and media data upon the scheme "one source - one reference", which > seemed at first the most intuitive to me. Some people use this approach but you will end up with a large number of sources. > After studying several posts on > the subject, I finally changed my mind and choosed the official way (as I > understood it !) of doing things, I don't think that there is an official way of doing this. Different people use different approaches. Unfortunately in gramps there is often more than one way to do something. Other questions I have seen from new users (and have had to think about myself) are: Should occupation be recorded as an event or an attribute? What is the correct way to use the event description? Should I use addresses or residence events? > ie "one source - multiple references". I > also chose to attach transcription or source text notes to the media object, > not to the source object. > > To illustrate by an example : > Before : > Repository = none > source = birth certificate of XXX, date DDD, archive AAA of parish PPP > source notes = transcription of birth certificate > media = scan of birth certificate of XXX, date DDD, archive AAA of parish > PPP > (As you see, this lead to some confusion between media and source for me !) > > After : > Repository = parish PPP > source = archive AAA > sourceref = archive AAA, page scan NNN > media = birth certificate of XXX, date = YYY, page scan NNN > media notes = transcription of birth certificate > > with media objects appearing in the local Tab of source. > > I use a mix of both methods. For certificates, I set the source as the certificate and the repository is the place where I obtained the certificate (in England this is the General Register Office). For parish register entries I use many source references for a single source - the repository is the county record office I visit, the source will be typically a set of fiche and I use the source reference to record the particular fiche and entry number of the record. > The major drawback of this approach is that there is no direct link between > the birth event and the associated media (scan of birth certificate) and I > have to manage manually the reference (page or scan image number) in the > media object name to find the good media object in the gallery tab. Not > ideal ! > > True. You cannot attach media to a source reference. It may be better to attach media to an individual or event. For example if you have a source for a census year then you will have many census events attached to one census source. In this case it is probably better to attach the media to the event rather than the source. > Now, my questions : > Is this really the standard way of entering data, or is there a better one ? > With this approach, how can I get the list of all events or individuals > linked to a given sourceref (Archive AAA, scan NNN int the example) ? > > I don't think there is a report to do this. If you know how to program you could write your own report. > and an accessory one : what are the > ~/.gramps/grampsdb/nnnnnnnn/log.00000000nn files in the .gramps directory ? > They occupy a lot of space : are they all necessary ? > I think these are transaction log files for the database and should not be removed. There are some brief details here - http://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Database_Formats > Thanks all for your anwsers and advices. > Regards, Nick. |