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From: "Rod Tilyard" <>
Subject: RE: [GENBOX] UK Source Templates
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 7:15:37 +1000
References: <20060326204059.LJCS24931.omta02sl.mx.bigpond.com@WIN>


Sorry, typo. Field label 'Title:' should be HO107/Piece

Regards,
Rod

---------- Original Message ---------
To: ()
From: Rod Tilyard ()
Subject: RE: [GENBOX] UK Source Templates
Date: 27/3/2006 6:43:12a

> Hi Graham & Dave,
> I have set up source types for each UK census. Here's my 1851 template:-
>
> Primary Citation:
> <[DOC SUBJECT] Household, ><[DOC DATE] >UK Census<, [DOC PLACE]><, Piece
> HO107/[DOC TITLE]><, [DOC QUALIFIER]><, [CD]>; [REPOSITORY]< [DOC
> LOCATER]>.
> Secondary Citation:
> <[DOC DATE] >UK Census<, [DOC PLACE]><, Piece HO107/[DOC TITLE]><, [DOC
> QUALIFIER]><, [CD]>.
>
> Bibliography:
> <[DOC PLACE INV]. ><[DOC DATE] >UK Census<, Piece HO107/[DOC TITLE]><.
> [DOC LOCATER]>.< [REPOSITORY CITY]:> [REPOSITORY].
>
> I've also set up Field Labels on the General Page of the Source Type for
> the 1851 Census as follows:-
>
> Title: HO101/Piece
> Qualifier: Folio, Page
> Place: Parish
> Subject: Household of
> Date: Census Year 1851
>
> This is just what works for me. You can experiment as much as you wish. I
> started with making a copy of the US Census and went from there.
>
> Regards,
> Rod
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graham Ward [mailto:]
> Sent: Monday, 27 March 2006 7:25 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [GENBOX] UK Source Templates
>
> I have had precisely the same concerns with fitting the UK censuses onto
> the
> US census templates. If anyone has specific examples of how they have
> done it, for say 1851 UK census it would be very helpful.
>
> Thanks
>
> Graham
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 8:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [GENBOX] UK Source Templates
>
>
> >
> > Thanks to Wim, Kathy and CheriC for their responses, which I did not
> > receive. I suspect this was the result of yet another AOL glitch.
> >
> > I agree with all of you regarding sources that are generally the same
> > from country to country, and, in fact, I have had no problems with
> > these sources. So
> > perhaps I should have been more specific. What I had in mind are the
> > various censuses. I suppose I could work with the US census templates.
> >
> > Thanks again,
> >
> > Dave Morehouse
> >
> > In a message dated 3/25/2006 11:48:10 AM Central Standard Time,
> > writes:
> >
> > Hi David,
> >
> > Kathy and CheriC had already replied to your first request.
> >
> > This was Kathy's reply:
> >
> > ===
> > I have sources from the US, England, France, and Germany in my
> > database, and
> > have found no need to create different templates for the same source
> type
> > of
> > different countries.
> >
> > Most sources are the same the world over. A church book in the US is
> > the same as one in England is the same as one in Denmark is the same
> > as one in
> > the Netherlands. A will is a will is a will.
> >
> > The fact that a source originates in a particular country has no
> > bearing on
> > the *type* of source it is. When you come across a new source *type*
> > in another county, then it makes sense to create a new template.
> > Otherwise, you can use the same template across countries/languages,
> > modifying the CD as needed.
> >
> > Kathy
> > ===
> >
> > And this one was from CheriC:
> >
> > ===
> > There are some templates on the website for that other program that
> could
> > be
> > adapted to the terminology and field coding of GB.
> >
> > CheriC
> > ===
> >
> > Like Kathy, I'm using the basic templates provided by Genbox for my
> > Dutch sources and have only translated some of the 'hardcoded' words
> > that are in
> > the templates themselves to Dutch, and have made some minor
> > adaptations that
> > reflect my personal preference in some cases. I don't think there is a
> > need
> > to have different templates for birthcertificates etc. from different
> > languages or countries, especially the Western types of certificates
> > and (church) records.
> >
> > Gr.
> >
>
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