I use RootsMagic to track my research. I am a member at Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.com, and several other sites. Using RootsMagic I sync my info on Ancestry and FamilySearch and may do the same on other sites. There is some info that can be readily found on multiple sites, such as birth certificates, marriage certificates, death certificates and census records. Often, depending upon their scanning, you find these resources with that site's citation info which in that case, they are the repository.
I am trying to determine the best practice for recording this information.
Let's use the US 1920 Census for my grandfather as an example. Both Ancestry and FamilySearch have scanned the census records so he is listed on both. I have downloaded the document to my RootsMagic and used the Ancestry source and citation with Ancestry as the repository. Then when I access his info on FamilySearch, the same document is found (after all there is only one census record and it has been scanned by multiple sites!!), but FamilySearch has their own source and citation. Should this record be cited again with the FamilySearch documentation?
Another example would be death certificates for my mother and father. I have original copies of the death certificates, they can be found in Indiana records, Ancestry, FamilySearch, and who knows where else. How many times should this same document be cited on RootsMagic and in turn uploaded to the various sites?
Thanks for your input and suggestions.
I am trying to determine the best practice for recording this information.
Let's use the US 1920 Census for my grandfather as an example. Both Ancestry and FamilySearch have scanned the census records so he is listed on both. I have downloaded the document to my RootsMagic and used the Ancestry source and citation with Ancestry as the repository. Then when I access his info on FamilySearch, the same document is found (after all there is only one census record and it has been scanned by multiple sites!!), but FamilySearch has their own source and citation. Should this record be cited again with the FamilySearch documentation?
Another example would be death certificates for my mother and father. I have original copies of the death certificates, they can be found in Indiana records, Ancestry, FamilySearch, and who knows where else. How many times should this same document be cited on RootsMagic and in turn uploaded to the various sites?
Thanks for your input and suggestions.
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