Rich commented on my last post by saying, “It was nice to
hear the story again even if it is from a secondary source.”
It was nice to tell the story again but I mistakenly called
Cousin Robbin a secondary source. I just reviewed my genealogy manual and realized that the information reported
to me was secondary information! I need to review my genealogical terms. Oops!
The definition of Secondary Information:
“Statements made by individuals who
were not actual participants in an event or did not actually witness an
occurrence are classed as secondary information. This category embraces family
tradition and local lore…”
Elizabeth Shown Mills, Professional
Genealogy (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2001), p 234.
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