Sunday, January 28, 2007

The Next Generation Web Software

I talked to Brit Baubie (brother of my boss) and he said that TNG was easy to use. He also gave me good advice on research for Michigan. I still have issues with the JungleDisk's diacritical folder name problem. Hopefully, they will fix that.

Before I take the TNG plunge, I need to setup MySQL, PHP and an Apache server on my machine.

Next topic: I found death certificate info for Ohio on Ancestry.com. There's a gap from 1944 - 1958, but I'm finding stuff I've been missing. I need to rethink the sourcing on this. I can't use the vital, because this is from Ancestry.com. I'm flailing again. Got to go back to to do log.

1 comment:

Miriam Robbins said...

Hi, there! I just wanted to let you know that you can cite an online database as a source for your research. Of course, you may want to order a copy of the original record from the state of Ohio. I recommend you read Elizabeth Shown Mills' Evidence!: Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian. On pages 80 - 82 she gives six examples of citations for electronic sources. You can also see a couple of examples in John Wylie's article "How to Cite Sources" at Genealogy.com.

Happy Hunting!