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RLP 185: Revisiting Timelines and Analysis Again

The Research Like a Pro Genealogy Podcast

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What Is Primary Information?

An original source is the first time information is recorded. A derivative is a copy or reproduction, translation or transcription of that original. And en authord is a mix of the two. You can't figure out what type of information it is until you've determined who the informant for that information was. If it's primary information, then that inform on was given from a witness to the event. The difference between first hand accounts and people who are not witnesses is that they heard it from some one else,. That makes the information secondary.

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