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From: "L. H. Peregory" <>
Subject: Re: TMG-L: E-Mail and Web Site Addresses
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 19:59:34 -0700
References: <38E3537B.1420@bellatlantic.net>

bob gillis wrote:
>
> Frem a thread on MAESSEX about appropriating posted GEDCOM files that
> evolved into sources and citations:
>
> Bruce Lord wrote:
> >
> > An interesting point that has been brought up in this discussion is the
> > proper way to source something that was obtained from others.
> > Unfortunately, I have not done a good job of this. I like the idea of
> > sourcing "courtesy of" but should that also include a web site or an e-mail address or what?
> >
>
> I replied:
>
> >I would suggest that anyone on the list that is interested in sources
> >and citation get "EVIDENCE, Citation and Analysis for the Family
> >Historian" by Elizabeth Shown Mills, Genealogical Publishing 1997. It
> >has many examples of good citations and source references. ESM is the
> >editor of the NGS journal.
> snip
>
> >The source that you cite should be where you found or received the
> >information and not the source where the person who sent it to you >found it. She says to include e-mail addresses and URLs.>
>
> and Bob Bamford further commented:
>
> > There is also an article in New England Ancestors (NEHGS used to be Nexus)
> > by Steve Kyner on the same subject. Frankly, I disagree with Elizabeth in
> > so far as the e-mail/ URL only. In this day and age, electronic addresses
> > are even less stable than physical addresses. In the few case where I site
> > such info, I give the source and "provided by " or
> > "per www.xxx.yyy.com.">
>
> I think Bob Bamford has a good point. bob gillis
>
>

Mills and Lackey both emphasize that researchers should always site
the source examined by the researcher. To cite a source received
from an email or web site as coming from the source mentioned in the
email or web site would not be proper.

Lewis
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