RE: [Phpgedview-talk] Users' guide?

[John F. <Joh...@by...>]

Hi Iain,

These source problems you are going to find in most genealogy programs.
It really comes done to your own personal preference and how detailed
you want to be.

The way that I do it is to attach the source citation to the most
relevant fact.  A Census record would be attached to a Census event and
a birth certificate would be attached to the birth record.  These main
citations have the full text from the source and lots of details.  Then
suppose that I learn estimate the person's birth date from the census.
I would add the birth record and enter the date as EST 1875.  I would
then either cite the same source but enter "See 1880 census for citation
details." Or add a note referring to the 1880 census.

Anyway, I am not an authority on the proper way to cite sources.  This
is just my personal preference.

--John

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John Finlay
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> I've just started out on my family history and have been using
> phpGedView for a few weeks but am now wondering how best the use the
> sources facility. It's possible to quote the same source many times in
> many areas. For instance, if I have an image of a census return, this
> could be a source for each person's date of birth, their occupation
and
> residence. Where do I cite this source? It's possible to place a
> reference against the family, against the residence, census and
> occupation of each individual but I'll have sources all over the
place.
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> Similarly, a birth certificate can be referenced as a source within
the
> birth event for that individual or the individual or both.
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> Does anyone know of any guidance notes or perhaps a model site which I
> could look at?
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> Iain M Lee
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