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From: "Ken Healy" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Source Record for Vital Statistics
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 06:10:16 -0400
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Thanks, Lee. That explains it well.

Ken Healy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Hoffman" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: [TMG] Source Record for Vital Statistics


> Ken Healy wrote:
> >To use marriages as an example, Mills suggests that the source would be a
> >marriage book in a County Clerk's office in a particular location. That
> >make sense to me, but when I go to the Source Types in TMG the sentence
> >structure includes the names of the principals, indicating to me that
> >there would have to be a separate source for each marriage. I expected
> >that I would be able to use one source record for all of the marriages I
> >found in one place.
> >
> >Am I missing the point?
>
> Yes and no. Yes, you are missing the point that the Mills citation models
> on which the TMG Source Types are based are based on a separate Source for
> each reference. This is the design of Elizabeth Shown Mills, "Evidence!
> Citation and Analysis for the Family Historian" (Baltimore: Genealogical
> Publishing Co, 1997). However, her citation models are also based on
> writing a genealogical report using a typewriter!!!! Those models then
are
> _not_ designed for generic use as might be desired for use in with
computers.
>
> So, no, you are not missing anything. However, as Mrs. Mills said here,
> there is nothing wrong with revising her suggested models to generic
> use. The one thing she suggested is that when you make the changes, "be
> consistent" with those changes.
>
> TMG provides you the capability to make the changes. You can either
remove
> certain Source Elements from the Source Templates or make those Source
> Elements to be Conditional (using the Conditional Makers "< >"). Then
> enter the specifics of each actual citation (I'm talking page, line, file
> number, subject name, etc.) in the Citation Details of the Source
Citation.
>
> Hope this helps -
>
> Lee Hoffman/KY
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