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From: bob gillis <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Length of abbreviation of a source
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2001 09:49:13 -0500
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I genrally put the information Dale has below in the Census Tag memo
except for an illegible name. The rest of the information is not "of"
the source but from the source and belongs, to me in the tag memo.

I put the HoH and spouse as P1 and P2.

bob gillis

wrote:
>
> Frankie-I use the CD that is attached to the event to register details. To be
> specific, assume John Jones is found in the 1850 Black County, IL census. The
> source for the data will be listed in the MSL as Fed Cen; Black County, IL,
> US National Archives, Washington, DC. Then in the citation under John Jones
> on the person view, the CD will have all the details such as residency,
> districts etc. It will also contain any notes that I may want to add. For
> example if one of the names of the children of the family is impossible to
> read in the census report I might note that or that a wife is missing even
> though she was known to be alive or whatever. I might also add that I
> generally cite only the Head of the household. Exception, for example, to
> this rule is when a family member is living with someone not in my data base
> and I want to cite where I found the person and the appropriate data
> attached. I think part of my reasoning comes from the fact that I expect the
> endnote or footnote to always be attached to a report. Thus, in my case, the
> reader will have the total information about the tag entry as the report
> writes it plus information found in the appropriate endnote. I suppose if I
> were to send out endnote reports where the end or footnote stood alone I
> might do things somewhat differently.-Dale


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