Thank you Joyce Gaston Reece ----- Original Message ----- From: <JYoung6180@aol.com> To: <copyright@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [COPYRIGHT] Ancestry and Web pages > > In a message dated 9/1/2007 11:53:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, > bjreece@bellsouth.net writes: > > Joan > > Can you help me define Sources, Evidence and Information as used below. > I'd > like to see if my definitions are correct > > > > Source=where you got information from--how you know it. If Aunt Susie > told > you then Aunt Susie is the SOURCE, if you have a birth certificate then > the > document is your source for knowing a fact. > > Information=the fact -- what you learned from the source. Aunt Susie > said > that your mother was born on 25 March 1909 so Aunt Susie is a source and > the > date of birth is the information she supplied. > > Evidence=what the information indicates to you. Evidence furnishes proof > or > bears witness to a fact. It is what you weigh to arrive at a conclusion > (especially if the evidence is in conflict). Aunt Susie says your mother > was > born on 25 March 1909 but your mother says she was born on 25 March 1910 > and > Aunt Susie is younger than your mother so she wasn't around to know from > first-hand experience. So you obtain a copy of your mother's birth > certificate > which says 25 March 1910. So you take all of the "evidence" into > consideration > and determine which to accept -- in this case the birth certificate would > be > the best evidence. > > Joan > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COPYRIGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.13.1/982 - Release Date: 8/31/2007 > 5:21 PM > >