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Re: [Gramps-users] Sources and Citations
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From: Rich <ben...@at...> - 2017-01-24 17:10:16
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">There is more than one way to skin a
cat. Where Ron uses one source per decade for census, I use one
source per census image (sometimes two images per source if
household spans two sheets). Sometimes a source (census sheet) can
have several citations reference it if there are multiple
households on the sheet. Each citation references the line number
the head of household is on. <br>
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Rich<br>
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On 01/24/2017 10:51 AM, Ron Johnson wrote:<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01/24/2017 09:47 AM, Brian
Grawburg wrote:<br>
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<p style="margin:0;" dir="ltr">Trying to standardize the way I
record sources & citations. Here's what I'm starting to
do; comments, please. I'm using version 3.4.9-1<br>
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<p style="margin:0;" dir="ltr">Here are four sources:</p>
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<p style="margin:0;" dir="ltr"><b>SOURCE:</b></p>
<p style="margin:0;" dir="ltr">Birth Certificates (<i>this
would be general category for all birth certificates)</i></p>
<p style="margin:0;" dir="ltr">Land Records for Rensselaer
County</p>
<p style="margin:0;" dir="ltr">Land Records for Saratoga
County<br>
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<p style="margin:0;" dir="ltr">CENSUS 1850: New York<br>
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<p style="margin:0;" dir="ltr"><b>Citations:</b></p>
<p style="margin:0;" dir="ltr"><u>These would be under Birth
Certificates</u></p>
<p style="margin:0;" dir="ltr">Cherokee General Hospital,
Brian Grawburg<br>
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<p style="margin:0;" dir="ltr">Lynchburg General Hospital,
Pamela Bishop<br>
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Maybe it differs by state and era, but where I live, all birth
certificates are issued by the county, and have a volume number,
page number and (in later years) certificate number.<br>
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For censuses, I've got one source per decade, with detailed
citations.<br>
<br>
As long as Someone Else can easily use your source+citation to
find the original, it's a matter of personal taste which you use.<br>
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One thing that is obvious to me, though, is that "Birth
Certificates" isn't a <b>source</b>. It is, as you say, a
category. Thus, I recommend <b>against</b> doing it that way.<br>
<br>
Also, I don't think that "Lynchburg General Hospital, Pamela
Bishop" is nearly adequate to that task. At a bare minimum, it
needs a year, and the state where LGH exists. More importantly,
where did you get that b/c from? The hospital, the county or the
state? That's what your Source should be, and the citation is a
"direct pointer" to the exactly location where the b/c is.<br>
<br>
Thus, I have for<br>
<tt><b>SOURCE: </b></tt><tt><b>CITATION:<br>
</b></tt><tt>Orleans Parish Birth Index </tt><tt>Year 1886 /
Vol 84 / Page 871</tt><tt><b><br>
</b></tt><tt> Year 1857 / Vol 48 /
Page 765</tt><tt><br>
1865 Norway Census 1001P Sandvigen borough,
Christiansand, Vest-Agder<br>
1860 US Federal Census New Orleans Ward 1, LA / Page 131<br>
Grayson Co, VA / Page: 137 Lines
34-40 & Page 138 Lines 1-4<br>
</tt>etc<br>
etc<br>
etc<br>
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From what I've read, there are two schools of thought:<br>
1) few generalized sources, and many detailed citations per
source, and<br>
2) many rather specific sources, but few citations per source.<br>
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<p style="margin:0;" dir="ltr"><u>These would be under Land
Records</u> (for the appropriate county)<u><br>
</u></p>
<p style="margin:0;" dir="ltr">Book #6, page 150</p>
<p style="margin:0;" dir="ltr">Book #12, page 28<br>
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<p style="margin:0;" dir="ltr"><u>These would be under CENSUS
1850: New York<br>
</u></p>
<p style="margin:0;" dir="ltr">Wilton, Saratoga, page 164</p>
<p style="margin:0;" dir="ltr">Lansingburgh, Rensselaer, page
169<br>
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<p style="margin:0;" dir="ltr">The citation notes would have
the fuller information.<br>
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