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Source records are one of the most important types of record in a GEDCOM file. They provide evidence for the assertions (facts) made in a file, and require careful management.
A Source record can be created with the add_sour() function.
library(tidyged)
birth_source <- gedcom() |>
add_sour(events_recorded = "BIRT, MARR, DEAT",
date_period_covered = date_period(date_calendar(1900), date_calendar(2000)),
jurisdiction = "England and Wales",
originator = "General Register Office",
title = "Birth Certificate for Joe Bloggs (1956)",
publication_detail = "something",
source_text = "This is what is written on the certificate")
#> Added Source: @S1@
birth_repo <- birth_source |>
add_repo("General Register Office",
repo_address = address(city = "Southport", state = "Merseyside"))
#> Added Repository: @R1@
sour_xref <- find_sour_titl(birth_repo, "Birth Certificate for Joe Bloggs")
repo_xref <- find_repo_name(birth_repo, "General Register Office")
birth_repo |>
activate_sour(sour_xref) |>
add_sour_repo_citation(repo_xref)
#> # A tibble: 40 × 4
#> level record tag value
#> <dbl> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 0 HD HEAD ""
#> 2 1 HD GEDC ""
#> 3 2 HD VERS "5.5.5"
#> 4 2 HD FORM "LINEAGE-LINKED"
#> 5 3 HD VERS "5.5.5"
#> 6 1 HD CHAR "UTF-8"
#> 7 1 HD DEST "gedcompendium"
#> 8 1 HD SOUR "gedcompendium"
#> 9 2 HD NAME "The 'gedcompendium' ecosystem of packages for the R lang…
#> 10 2 HD CORP "Jamie Lendrum"
#> # … with 30 more rowsThe point to recognise is that users should NOT be exclusively ‘splitters’ or ‘lumpers’. That choice depends on the Source Citation characteristics. GRO BMD Index records lend themselves to being Method 2 ‘lumper’ Sources. BMD Certificates are usually better suited to being Method 1 ‘splitter’ Sources as they often have associated Media images, Text From Source transcripts, and multiple Citations. So most users adopt a hybrid approach
https://fhug.org.uk/kb/kb-article/citing-sources-method-1-and-method-2/