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I am struggling with citations to websites such as US GenWeb which contain a variety of record types submitted by a variety of transcriptionist. When writing an article, the author/transcriber as lead model of publications makes sense to me.
However, from the perspective of database software such as RootsMagic it does not. A year from now when I'm planning a research trip I won't be interested in just the obituary transcriptions from Glenda Warner Boyd . Rather, I will want to generate a report of all instances of “Franklin Parish [Louisiana] Archives, Obits 1970-Present”
Given the variety of record types on sites like this, it would seem a database model of publications might serve better. It also accommodates source of the source information. In this instance: citing original publication in <i>The Franklin Sun</i> (Winnsboro, Louisiana), 1 December 1976.
I feel like I'm misinterpreting an essential concept here. However I may just be trying to fit article citation formats into usable database citation formats. Your advice is appreciated.
Rorey,
Rorey,
EE has visited the website to which you refer and is having difficulty seeing why you should have a problem. Would you provide a sample citation using the author/transcriber approach that you mention in your first paragraph? With a concrete example to work with, we can then see what the difficulty is.
As you know, RootsMagic's embedded citations are built on its interpretation of EE. Its reports, when based on its templates, should not present the kind of user problem you describe.
Sincere apologies. One should
Sincere apologies. One should not post questions on forums while on cold medicine. Who knew writing citations counted as 'operating heavy machinery'.
I'm in the midst of cleaning up years of old citiations to EE standards. My link to the US Gen Web site was not, in fact, my source. Rather it was my road map to a source. Turns out I had actually gone back to the microfilm and gotten the obituary in question myself. Yay, me.
Again, sincere apologies.
Rorey
Rorey, that's one of the
Rorey, that's one of the positive things about the chore of cleaning up citations. We make new discoveries. We find research notes we had forgotten about. We find clues we overlooked. Some smart folks even manage to do it in a DayQuil Daze.