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Subject: Re: Census- what is the source?
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 00:54:22 EST


Elizabeth wrote, likkening the Internet to a "repository:"

<< - What we are actually viewing when we go to that "repository" is a
*publication.* >>

We need to keep in mind, however, that the same is not true of microforms of
the Family History Library/Genealogical Society of Utah--they are not
considered publications. They are made under agreements with owners of documents or of
the copyright, providing for limited copying for use by the library and its
patrons, and should be cited as photoreproductions made by the library, not as
publications by it.

Earlier in a related thread about professionals who work in the Family
History Library, D. Jane Carpenter wrote:

<<We do the best we can with what we have >>

Repository custodians everywhere can empathize with that sentiment! An
archivist explained the gaps in an original records series in a similar vein: "We
take what they give us and hope for the best."

As a distant and less frequent user of the Family History Library, I join
Elizabeth, Ken and Alvie in invoking blessings upon those who work there--the
staff and volunteers who assist us when we can visit in person, and the local
professionals we can call on between visits to mine the collection for some of
the goodies that are difficult or impossible to access elsewhere.

Donn Devine, CG, CGI
Wilmington DE

CG, Certified Genealogist, CGI, and Certified Genealogical Instructor are
service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license
by board certificants after periodic evaluation, and the board name is
registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office.

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