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From: Lee Hoffman <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Source template for W. W. ! Draft cards
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:19:34 -0400
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bob gillis wrote:
>Gail Roorda wrote:
>
>snip
>
>>My census cites are pretty close to Mills EXCEPT although I always
>>PRINT everything out and include "printout" dates I really don't
>>record the date I printed out a census image. When I transcribed
>>census films I didn't include the date I wrote down this
>>information did I? Evidence didn't suggest including this information either!
>
>I asked on APG-L and GENMTD-L why the downloaded date for this type
>of data bases was included in the citation and did not get a
>satisfactory answer.

Why did you ask APG-L or GENMTD-L? The models being used are based
on Mills. If you ask anyone, I would ask her. Of course, since she
often is on both those lists, that may be why you asked there.

As to why, the content of a site _could _ change from one day to
another. Thus the need for the date. Since this is a site showing
census records, the page is not likely to change. This unlikely
change situation is then probably your question. With this in mind,
I would suggest, first, that having a date standardizes the citation
model, and second, census or other content notwithstanding, the site
page _COULD_ change. In the case of the census page, the webmaster
for the site _could_ receive a better scan of a census page and post
it in place of the previously posted page. This page may now clearly
show something which was very un-clear before and thus change what
might have been read to something else.

Hope this helps -

Lee Hoffman/KY
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