----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Pellow" <mapellow@yahoo.com> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 11:58 PM Subject: Unidentified subject! > Hi all, > > I'm at the beginning of research, and I've been looking at > suggestions for organizing it all in a serious way, which I've > yet to do, although I'm taking baby steps. That having been > said: > > I'm coming across some noteworthy references to dates and names > in notes handwritten by my grandmother years ago on scraps of > paper. Often these notes are the only reference to a particular > name or relationship. Having entered some particular fact in FO > (burial place, DOB, etc.), I'm somewhat stymied as to how to > record the source of the information. > > I began by using my grandmother's initials and entering to "ERA > note 1", "ERA note 2", etc., as individual sources. But it > quickly became obvious that not only are there were too many > little paper notes to make that at all meaningful, but "ERA note > 1" is a very sparse reference for an information source. On the > other hand, it's simply my grandmother's recollections, which > she recorded. (How to refer to her recollections which *I* have > recorded in writing is the next question.) There's not much > more detail to give about it as a source. One possible solution > I drummed up is to list "ERA Personal Papers" as a source, to > cover all such little notes, and then use the Citation field to > specify further when possible. > > What does geneaolgy source citation protocol have to say about > this situation? (And, while I'm at it, are there any > suggestions for written references that would cover this kind of > operational detail?) Thanks in advance, > > -- Matt > > (reply to mapellow@yahoo.com ) > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > The Genealogical Companion http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2399/tgc.htm > Browsable Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/family-origins-users/ > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >