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Subject: Re: [APG] Clerk's copy -- original vs. derivative
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 18:58:54 EDT
Copy and paste didn't work well with that answer, so I'll repost trying
italics and see if they show up.
In a message dated 4/3/2006 5:25:32 PM Central Standard Time,
writes:
I get this right, from this and past postings:
I. There are two categories of sources, either of which can be in error:
a. Original Documents or Public Record Copies/Abstracts/Trancripts of
Original Documents
b. Everything Else
Original or derivative SOURCES. Public records would, with exceptions
(shades of gray) be considered original source material..
II. Primary and Secondary sources no longer mean anything. They are either
Original, Derivative, Direct or Indirect I'm not sure why or when this
reasoning was abandoned, but sources are either
Primary or secondary INFORMATION. A written record, recorded interview or
photograph would be primary. Secondary would be that which is not witnessed. I
was an eyewitness to my cousin's marriage. That is primary information. If my
third cousin finds out that the same cousin got married in a e-mail from me,
than the information that the third cousin tells you about that marriage is
secondary information. Primary and secondary regards the quality of the
information.
III. Direct or Indirect
a. Direct evidence is a statement of fact, regardless of source
b. indirect evidence is a conclusion such as one would use to solve a cross
word puzzle or a soduko puzzle--process of elimination or simple logic,
which must needs explanation.
Direct or indirect EVIDENCE. Direct evidence, like a birth certificate
(without the various problems that can crop up with said certificate) would stand
on it's on two feet. Indirect evidence would have to be supported by other
evidence. That is why proof arguments are an important thing to learn how to
write.
The easiest way to understand this is to get Christine Rose's little book,
"Genealogical Proof Standard." I have
THEREFORE, sources are either Original or Derivative, Direct or Indirect.
Any and all of the above can be erroneous and false. Nothing can be relied
upon. Nothing is ever proved.
Your joking, right?
Hope I've got this right.
Craig
Hope this helps. I'm sure if I got something wrong, I will be corrected.
Rondina P. Muncy
Grapevine, Texas
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