On Mon, 23 May 2011 04:52:05 -0700 (PDT), Tom Wetmore <[email protected]> wrote: >This thread is an offshoot from the Linux thread that is going off on a num= >ber of tangentsl. > >How should we store evidence in genealogical databases? > >You get a marriage record in the mail; you find an image of a census record= > at Ancestry.com; you find the record of an event on a page in a book you f= >ound on Google books. What are you going to do with those three records? He= >re are some possible answers. It's easy for me - I establish parameters. If it is online or in a book I don't want a hard copy unless it is my direct line. Most people who have all that paper can't find anything anyhow. And finding it serves no more purpose than listing the source where others can see it. After I have proved it to myself I have absolutely no need to prove it to others. If they are not satisfied with what I have they can do their own research. Hugh