I have received much information from elder relatives verbally. These were not formal interviews and there are no recordings, transcripts etc. just some essentially scrap paper notes that I made at the time. What would be the logical Source Type for these? "Document" could be used since I have filed the notes as documents in my files, and then with the person listed as the "Source Creator" and the "Source Title" could be: "Interview- 25 July 2001" This method seems somewhat at odds with Liz's statement about a Source being the "native form" of the information. Any other suggestions? Thanks, Bruce

At 01:22 PM 6/28/2006, GenealBruce@aol.com wrote: >I have received much information from elder relatives verbally. These were >not formal interviews and there are no recordings, transcripts etc. just >some essentially scrap paper notes that I made at the >time. What would be the >logical Source Type for these? "Document" could be used since I have filed >the notes as documents in my files, and then with the person listed as the >"Source Creator" and the "Source Title" could be: "Interview- 25 >July 2001" > >This method seems somewhat at odds with Liz's statement about a Source being >the "native form" of the information. > >Bruce, actually, since what you have is scrap paper notes, document >would be appropriate. That's how the paper started life, so to speak. Liz Kelley Kerstens, CG, CGL @>---- Ancestor Detective, LLC http://www.ancestordetective.com Creator of Clooz, http://www.clooz.com Editor of Genealogical Computing, http://www.ancestry.com Editor of NGS NewsMagazine, http://www.ngsgenealogy.org