From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Tue Feb 7 12:42:07 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k17Jg7E0013593; Tue, 7 Feb 2006 12:42:07 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k17Jg4iW016675 for ; Tue, 7 Feb 2006 12:42:04 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k17HDcFI025750 for ; Tue, 7 Feb 2006 12:13:38 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k17HDcUv025749 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Tue, 7 Feb 2006 12:13:38 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k17HDBFI025699 for ; Tue, 7 Feb 2006 12:13:11 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k17JfRA9011454 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Tue, 7 Feb 2006 12:41:27 -0700 X-Envelope-From: mscheffl@twcny.rr.com Tue Feb 7 12:41:27 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k17JfRE0011445 for ; Tue, 7 Feb 2006 12:41:27 -0700 Received: from ms-smtp-04.nyroc.rr.com (ms-smtp-04.nyroc.rr.com [24.24.2.58]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k17JfQdO016368 for ; Tue, 7 Feb 2006 12:41:26 -0700 Received: from 1070n (cpe-24-92-248-107.twcny.res.rr.com [24.92.248.107]) by ms-smtp-04.nyroc.rr.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k17JA1hQ014170; Tue, 7 Feb 2006 14:10:02 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <06c301c62c1a$1857b1d0$6801a8c0@1070n> From: "MScheffler" To: , References: <29a.4f6b658.311a2a84@aol.com> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] List of sources Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 14:10:00 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Hi Shirley, If one does not want their sources printed out on the pages with the text, most genealogy programs allow you to print them at the end of the document. While not everyone, like the elderly aunt or grandmother, will be interested in these, you will probably want source citations on some of the documents you distribute, so if someone in a later generation wants to continue with genealogy, they will be available. You are correct in that if you source most of your fact events, the resulting printout when all the source citations are printed will be about twice as many pages. For someone not interested in the research aspect, they may be a bit daunting. Obviously for a book to be placed in a library LDS center, etc,. one would likely want the sources printed out. You referenced online sources. Personally I don't generally use webpages for source citations as they likely will disappear in relatively short order and rarely would be considered authoritative. But a book, periodical, vital record, etc. would be something the reader could revisit in years to come. Not wanting the sources to print out should not keep researchers from adding them to their database as they enter information, as I'm sure almost all genealogy programs allow one not to print them out with the text portion of the report or book for people who would not be interested in them. Margaret Scheffler ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 11:53 AM Subject: [ROOTS-L] List of sources > In a message dated 2/7/2006 10:56:58 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > > |An expert (whose name, alas, I forget) said something like > |"Don't show me your data. Show me your list of sources." > > I was discussing this very thing this morning and realized that I have as > many pages of sources and documentation as I have data in my Johannes > Conrad > Mohr manuscript.. > It seems the sources online are multiplying more rapidly than I can keep > up. > When I find the sources are more than twice the data, I'm done! Who > would > want to read a family history book that has a person and 30 footnotes? > Another person and 20 footnotes. > I am, after all, writing for family enjoyment, not for professional > genealogists. > Document, yes, but don't be boring with it. > Shirley Maynard