On Sunday 15 August 2010 03:16:24 Michael Kiernan wrote: > My I suggest that both sources (and any others- even if these only act as a > confirmation) sources are cited. > A source of data is exactly that - where you obtained the data. If it is a primary source such as a parish register then that is different from an image of those registers such as those on the LDS pilot site. The reason that they are separate sources is that they are from different repositories. I know this sounds very technical, but when you are quoting sources you have to be precise so that others can check your data and those same people can have confidence in the data. Some sources are obviously better than others. A transcription, being a secondary source is not going to be as reliable as the primary source itself. The other good example is that a Bishop's Transcript is a secondary source which on occasions can be better than the original register because they were often kept in better conditions than the original register and did not suffer as much from moisture damage as the original. -- ==== Michael Lightfoot Canberra, Australia michael.lightfoot@pcug.org.au ====

Isn't this getting too complicated? Given that the current pilot site contains photographic images of the original documents, then surely the source is those primary documents. All you then need do is to record the particular register, the Page and Entry Number, and, for ease of reference, where they were found, i.e. the pilot site (the URL) or the Cornwall Record Office (the fiche number), or wherever else they were found. Hoping that helps, Tom Thompson, St Agnes.

Dear Listers, Malcolm has nearly finished transcribing the 2000 documents in his collection with the help of his band of volunteers. These are free to all who want them and the latest alphabetical index of the people who can be found in them is here http://www.cornwall-opc.org/Records/malc_index/intro.pdf. You really should take a look as they contain names from all over Cornwall and Devon and other places from the late 16th century to almost the mid 20th century. There are Wills, marriage settlements, land indentures, letters, school log books, tithes etc. An email to Malcolm gets you the transcript. He also has jpegs of a lot of the original documents if you want to see where the transcript came from. Regards, Susan in Wadebridge CFHS 9508 OPC for St Merryn, St Ervan, St Eval, St Mawgan & St Columb Major Parish Reconstruction up to 1891 on St Merryn, St Ervan, St Eval, St Mawgan, Padstow, St Issey, Little Petherick, St Wenn, Withiel, Egloshayle, St Breock, St Columb Major & Minor, Newlyn East, St Kew, St Mabyn & St Tudy http://cornwall-opc.org/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/ No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3073 - Release Date: 08/15/10 07:35:00