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From: Lee Hoffman <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Now You See It, Thanks
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 12:24:31 -0500
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In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20020201082423.00ad6650@pop.nycap.rr.com>


Joe Makowiec wrote:
>At 07:55 AM 2-1-2002 -0500, wrote:
>>I found my Unknown Title. It was on the source I call Assumption. So, how
>>do you source Assumption?? <g>
>
>I realize that your comment is facetious, but there is a source category
>called "personal knowledge" - you might use that and make the Informant
>"Assumption", and explain your reasoning in your CD.

Actually, there is not a "standard" Source Category called "Personal
Knowledge." I suspect that Joe has created a Custom Source Category named
this (as I did). Terry iterated how he created a similar Custom Source
Category called "Conclusion". Mine is called "Personal Knowledge" based on
the Interview Source Category and has the following Templates:
--Full Footnote-
Personal knowledge of [INFORMANT] ([INFORMANT ADDRESS]). <. [COMMENTS]><,
[CD]>.
--Short Footnote-
Personal knowledge of [INFORMANT]<, [CD]>.
--Bibliography-
[INFORMANT], Personal knowledge.[INFORMANT ADDRESS].

Another user has four different Custom Source Categories called
"Assumption-0", "Assumption-1", "Assumption-2", "Assumption-3". The usage
would be based on the user's feeling about the reliability (Surety) of the
assumption. The various templates are similar with differing
wording: zero assumption being a "wild guess" with no real support, the
Assumption-1 being one having some credence requiring more work/research,
the #2 would be one based on secondary evidence, and the last would be
based on primary evidence.

Hope this helps -


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