tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post4761746764218438105..comments2024-03-21T19:08:05.737-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: Primary and Secondary Sources -- Who do you trust?James Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-81508514385661085602012-11-13T11:27:34.895-07:002012-11-13T11:27:34.895-07:00Sources should be classified as original (at or ne...Sources should be classified as original (at or near the time of the event) or derivative (abstracts, transcripts, compilations, delayed birth certificate, etc.), and the information contained in those sources classified as primary (first-hand knowledge) or secondary (hearsay).<br /><br />For instance, a death certificate has both primary and secondary information in it. You may have a photocopy of the original document, but that doesn't make the secondary information (parents' information, date of birth, etc.) more reliable.<br /><br />An original source with primary information is obviously more reliable than a derivative source with secondary information.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08626456511113834140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-58428489675142509102012-11-12T01:02:59.124-07:002012-11-12T01:02:59.124-07:00I guess I was lucky as a beginning genealogist as ...I guess I was lucky as a beginning genealogist as I had been on a criminal jury before I got interested in genealogy, and then three more criminal juries as I was just starting out as a genealogist, so what I had learned in court helped my research a lot. I have one brick wall that several others have used very circumstantial evidence to come to a conclusion for his parents. I am still very skeptical about that conclusion. Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15311523372083088677noreply@blogger.com