Thank you. I've been working with Gramps for about a year or 2, and THIS video clicked the Repository/Source/Citation hierarchy for me. Now to fix everything I've entered so far...
This is an excellent tutorial. Thank you for putting it together. Although I think GRAMPS is on the "Geeky" side of family history (it takes a while to understand it), however, so far I like it. I have a significant number of records on and not many citations yet - These are in folders and spreadsheets. But thanks to you, this is about to change.
I think there will be always those who would like to see the flow with Gramps and tips on how it's done. I think the biggest problem would be to pick the public at the same time. But please include me when you know plan such a thing. Or when you record a video announce more often to ask the questions of any topic you are going through. Then you can make a list. Thanks
If you haven't already, be sure to subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any new content when it does become available. I'm assessing where I left off this week and hoping to create new content soon as long as my schedule stays somewhat relaxed.
Excellent videos! I do have a more or less efficient way of recording my sources in paper, but digitally I don't. I have a digital tree in MyHeritage, with about 6000 people and no sources. So I will try to start again using Gramps, but this time providing all citations.
I like to add them in the other way around. When I find some information, I put it in an event, then I make the citation, then the source, then the repository (choosing an already existing one if there is)
Thanks. I am a new user of familysearch. Given its limitations I have created a copy on gramps to create a wider range of reports. I am trying to get my head around the 104 sources and how to put them into my offline records. Will start by adding a gramps repository. :)
Hi there, absolutely love these videos, super helpful! I had a question about conflicting dates. What would be the best approach in this situation? For example, my great-grandparents' marriage day differs slightly depending on which websites I visit. Should I list them all off? Thank you!
Date entry does allow for using the term Between so that you could enter multiple dates to indicate its somewhere between these two depending how far apart. Your suggestion could work too by entering two events with different dates and attaching the sources you have for each and you can even set the confidence level or add a note to each
Best tutorial I've seen in years. You're very articulate and detailed. One question I have is if you've setup you're repo/source/citation, where does an image of the document go? For instance, if I have a digital copy of a marriage record from 1865 that was scanned from a collection in the local county clerk's office, I know there is a physical copy there - but there's also a digital copy on my hard drive - would that be attached in the gallery section of the citation?
Thanks for the kind words. As I express in all my videos, its all about consistency. There is not one exact answer as to where or how to represent the files/images. I'm hoping to create more content and the first on my list is attaching the media for the facts I've already entered in the first set of videos I created which would include a marriage record. How I deal with images like this: 1) Add the media to Gramps. 2) create a citation listing where the original resides, 3) (optional) attach the image to the gallery of your citation so you can access it quickly when viewing that citation in the future, 4) Attach the image to the gallery of the family marriage event.'
What would be the best way to assign sources to a person that are not necessarily linked to a specific event, such as passport and other documents? Thanks for this playlist, Gramps is awesome, but it's not too easy to understand in a first view.
Good video, a suggestion would be to create a workflow or flow chart which shows the steps graphically, also I am confused by the hierarchy of repositories, sources and citations In my case I have birth certificates issued by the govt How would that fit in the Hierarchy? Govt registry of births, deaths and marriages is the Repository? the citation would be the birth certificate where does the source fit in?
It depends. If you were to tell someone how to find that record, where would you tell them to go? A website? A physical building? Is it a document you have at your house? The location of the physical document is the repository. The source is where I look within that physical location. Maybe it’s part of a larger collection of many similar records. Maybe it’s in a box you keep with personal documents. That’s the source. The citation is perhaps the page number If it’s in a book. Or maybe you want to just list it as the type of document with the name listed on it if it’s one of a kind in your collection.
Thank you?. If you would include evem.more different types of citations or sources as example. Just to see how you approach certain things. But you explained it.
Great suggestion! I can definitely do that with different items just to show people how I enter things in. I've thought about doing some live sessions so people can ask questions as I enter information. Do you think that would that be helpful to anyone? If I get enough response it might be included in the future.
Thank you. I've been working with Gramps for about a year or 2, and THIS video clicked the Repository/Source/Citation hierarchy for me. Now to fix everything I've entered so far...
Best of luck! Glad it was helpful
This is an excellent tutorial. Thank you for putting it together. Although I think GRAMPS is on the "Geeky" side of family history (it takes a while to understand it), however, so far I like it. I have a significant number of records on and not many citations yet - These are in folders and spreadsheets. But thanks to you, this is about to change.
I think there will be always those who would like to see the flow with Gramps and tips on how it's done. I think the biggest problem would be to pick the public at the same time. But please include me when you know plan such a thing. Or when you record a video announce more often to ask the questions of any topic you are going through. Then you can make a list. Thanks
If you haven't already, be sure to subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any new content when it does become available. I'm assessing where I left off this week and hoping to create new content soon as long as my schedule stays somewhat relaxed.
Great tutorial, very well explained. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent videos! I do have a more or less efficient way of recording my sources in paper, but digitally I don't.
I have a digital tree in MyHeritage, with about 6000 people and no sources. So I will try to start again using Gramps, but this time providing all citations.
Best of luck on your fresh start!
I like to add them in the other way around.
When I find some information, I put it in an event, then I make the citation, then the source, then the repository (choosing an already existing one if there is)
Either way works! It's all about consistency, accuracy, and when dealing with hundreds of records, efficiency!
Thanks. I am a new user of familysearch. Given its limitations I have created a copy on gramps to create a wider range of reports. I am trying to get my head around the 104 sources and how to put them into my offline records. Will start by adding a gramps repository. :)
Unfortunately my downloaded gedcom seems to be all sources and no citation. I suspect this is related to FS and gedcom X.
Hi there, absolutely love these videos, super helpful! I had a question about conflicting dates. What would be the best approach in this situation? For example, my great-grandparents' marriage day differs slightly depending on which websites I visit. Should I list them all off? Thank you!
Date entry does allow for using the term Between so that you could enter multiple dates to indicate its somewhere between these two depending how far apart. Your suggestion could work too by entering two events with different dates and attaching the sources you have for each and you can even set the confidence level or add a note to each
Best tutorial I've seen in years. You're very articulate and detailed. One question I have is if you've setup you're repo/source/citation, where does an image of the document go? For instance, if I have a digital copy of a marriage record from 1865 that was scanned from a collection in the local county clerk's office, I know there is a physical copy there - but there's also a digital copy on my hard drive - would that be attached in the gallery section of the citation?
Thanks for the kind words. As I express in all my videos, its all about consistency. There is not one exact answer as to where or how to represent the files/images. I'm hoping to create more content and the first on my list is attaching the media for the facts I've already entered in the first set of videos I created which would include a marriage record.
How I deal with images like this: 1) Add the media to Gramps. 2) create a citation listing where the original resides, 3) (optional) attach the image to the gallery of your citation so you can access it quickly when viewing that citation in the future, 4) Attach the image to the gallery of the family marriage event.'
What would be the best way to assign sources to a person that are not necessarily linked to a specific event, such as passport and other documents?
Thanks for this playlist, Gramps is awesome, but it's not too easy to understand in a first view.
You can attach sources to individuals just like you do events. Open the person of interest and they too will have a references tab.
Good video, a suggestion would be to create a workflow or flow chart which shows the steps graphically, also I am confused by the hierarchy of repositories, sources and citations In my case I have birth certificates issued by the govt How would that fit in the Hierarchy? Govt registry of births, deaths and marriages is the Repository? the citation would be the birth certificate where does the source fit in?
It depends. If you were to tell someone how to find that record, where would you tell them to go? A website? A physical building? Is it a document you have at your house? The location of the physical document is the repository.
The source is where I look within that physical location. Maybe it’s part of a larger collection of many similar records. Maybe it’s in a box you keep with personal documents. That’s the source. The citation is perhaps the page number If it’s in a book. Or maybe you want to just list it as the type of document with the name listed on it if it’s one of a kind in your collection.
Thank you?. If you would include evem.more different types of citations or sources as example. Just to see how you approach certain things. But you explained it.
Great suggestion! I can definitely do that with different items just to show people how I enter things in. I've thought about doing some live sessions so people can ask questions as I enter information. Do you think that would that be helpful to anyone? If I get enough response it might be included in the future.