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From: Thomas McLaughlin <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Clerk's copy -- original vs. derivative
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 12:28:29 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <300.2231cc0.31616b64@aol.com>


Oops, in my opinion, a clerk's certification may be to
an original record or a derivitive record. And it
could be to an erroneous record. I think you need to
consider what the "Certification" statement indicates.

Kathleen

--- wrote:

> Back in February there was a thread on the list
> about compiling a
> biblography. I had surgery back in January and am
> really just getting my act together.
> I printed out many posts to review later. I have a
> simple question based on a
> discussion between Donn and Craig about how to
> divide a bibliography.
> Somewhere in this thread I became confused. Is the
> entry in the volume at the
> courthouse of a vital record considered an original
> or derivative source of
> primary information? It seems to me that the written
> license or record that is
> given to the patron is the original (if one was
> given) and the clerk's entry, a
> derivative. However, that would catagorize so many
> courthouse records as
> derivative. I would appreciate some clarification on
> this point from my fellow
> APGers.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Rondina P. Muncy
> Grapevine, Texas
>
>
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Kathleen McLaughlin

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