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From: "Roger Anderson" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Obituary Information
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 11:12:01 -0500
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I have started to use a tag Anedote-obit to record the full obit of an
individual as the final narrative of that person. I would appreciate
comments on this idea. I guess I should also record that as a source for
other info.

A TMG beginner with many years of struggling.

Roger Anderson

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Hoffman" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: [TMG] Obituary Information


> Ron Chenier wrote:
> >I have quite a few copies of newspaper obituary notices.
> >In recording them as sources I have used the Source Type:
Obituary/Newspaper
> >Item.
> >
> >However I wonder how one would use the additional information found on
these
> >sources. For instance, the discovery of other family members and other
> >marriages.
> >
> >If I found for example an other sibling to the individual's obituary
would
> >it not sound funny if I quoted an obituary as the source for this
> >individual?
>
> Why would it be odd? The obituary of a person often gives information
about
> the relatives of that person. Just because you found in John Smith's obit
> that Mrs. Mary Jones of Memphis was his daughter is no different than
> finding that John Smith's daughter was Mary and she married James Jones in
> the Smith Family Bible.
>
> >Would there be another way of sourcing these newly found individuals or
> >events such as a former marriage?
>
> Sure, use the other sources also -- IF you have them. But that is
> genealogy in its purest form. Where do you find out that John Smith was
> previously married and had a daughter if the courthouse burned and there
> are no marriage, birth, divorce records and the former wife took the
> daughter (at age two) to another state? The only contact of John Smith
> with his daughter was a brief visit by his daughter as he was dying. Thus
> the only thing you can do is to use the obit as the source for the
relationship
>
> >Right now I am using a new source such as "From his Father's Obituary",
> >"From his Mother-in-Law's Obituary", etc.. Would this be a feasible
sourcing
> >method?
> >How do others treat this?
>
> This sounds like to me that you have obits that you think are incorrect
and
> that by this terminology, you are trying to validate them. I suggest
just
> using "John Smith obiturary, 'Jonesboro (AR) Daily News', 2 Jan 1924, page
> 2, column 2" is plenty. The obit establishes the relationship in itself,
> you show that relationship in the report text, and the source citation
only
> supports your statement in the report text.
>
> Hope this helps -
>
> Lee Hoffman/KY
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