One of the reasons I like and make use of RMs Source Citations is to make sure my citations are not simple and generic. As Elizabeth Shown Mills points out "research is a process that requires continual comparison of new information against the old." I appreciate that RM helps me to keep track of the specific and detailed source citations so that I may make those continual comparisons. It is also necessary to be able to find that source or to lead another researcher to that source. That is why the details are essential. It is the sourcing that helps us evaluate the evidence within that source. Suzanne On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 10:26 PM, MScheffler via < [email protected]> wrote: > Are there any reasons why one would need that kind of detail (as the > example below) from information found on FamilySearch given the fact that > FamilySearch is really not a source. For me it would be a waste of time to > make the citation any more specific. > > I use simply: FamilySearch; LDS database > > That way anyone noticing that is where I got my "hint" would need to > look further for proper verification. > > I do many transcriptions from standard genealogy reference books, and > always attempt to source them as directly and as simply as possible. My > goal is for people using my information be able to go back and get the book > or census or whatever, and turn to the page to see how I interpreted what > is > there. It can become very easy to waste time with sourcing when one should > spend the time evaluating whether the information one is sourcing actually > hangs together and makes sense. > > I also use generic type sources for census schedules by year, birth > certificates, death certificates, etc. > > Margaret Scheffler > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Finnigan via > Subject: [RMagic] Citing FamilySearch > > I have just found an ancestor on FamilySearch. The transcription shows the > following citation details: > > "England Marriages, 1538-1973 ," index, FamilySearch > (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NNKK-T4K : accessed 31 January > 2015), > Samuel Page and Elizabeth Blythe, 26 Oct 1800; citing Ludham, Norfolk, > England, reference item 7; FHL microfilm 1,911,695. > > Which RM source should I be using to get this result? I couldn't find > anything that looked similar. Thanks. > > > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >