The recent videos I’ve done on creating Reunion for Mac source types which follow the formats in Evidence Explained have been well received so I sat down to plan what and how to cover the remaining “basic formats” from the book. There are quite a few and I’d like you to have the ones you need most as soon as possible.
If you have a preference, would you help me prioritize them by commenting here with an ordered list of those which interest you most? Here’s the list of all the basic formats:
- Artifacts
- Documents
- Family Artifacts
- Corporate & Institutional Records
- City & County Records:
- Bound Volumes
- Loose Papers (case files)
- Records Archived off-site
- Marriage License & Registration, Etc.:
- Bound Volumes
- Loose Papers (bonds & licences)
- Online Resources
- Deeds & Conveyances:
- Original Registers
- Microfilm Images
- Probates:
- Bound Volumes
- Loose Papers
- Microfilm Images
- Online Material
- Tax Records
- International Records
- National Government Records:
- Audio & Video Recordings
- Manuscript (textual) Material
- Microfilm
- NA-regional Holdings
- Online Databases
- Online Images
- Publications (books, CDs, Maps, Leaflets & Videos):
- Book & Other
- Directories
- Edited Works
- Multiple Volumes
- Reprints & Revisions
- Publications: Journal Articles
1. family artifacts (does this include newspaper clippings when the newpaper, date, etc. are not visible?)
2. publications – esp. family genealogies
Hi, Tracy. The source type for newspaper clippings is a modification of the family artifacts basic format. I’ll prioritize both of those for you.
Thanks for the feedback!
—-Ben >@<
The order you have them listed above looks good to me.
Phew! That’s some list. I’m happy to go with the order listed and I’d really like to say thanks for all your excellent work on this.
I am specially interested in letters and notebooks. I expect these are documents.
I’d like to see the Publications section finished, then the National Government Records section and then the remainder as you have them in order. Really appreciate these. I am getting ready to set up what you’ve already shown us and hope to start using them soon. I will be changing my current sources a little at a time – phew!
Where do the WWI and WWII draft cards fit? I have many of them and am confused how to source them.
Hi, Vivian. There’s a separate format recommended by ESM in Evidence Explained. It’s guideline 11.33. —-Ben >@<