* Clarification Requested re: Source Driven Data Entry

[Gary_G]

I'm trying to set myself up for doing "Source Driven Data Entry".

If I understand the principle; one can document all ones media and then decide what fact etc. that media supports.

After poking around FH7, I note that a citation can have attached media and media can also have an attached citation.

Questions:

• Do I understand that the correct way to do "Source Driven Data Entry" in FH7 is to attach the media directly to the citation?

• Is this done, among other things, to facilitate transcription into the citation notes and allow reports to display the media image?

[NickWalker]

If you haven't watched my video on sources then you may find that useful (https://youtu.be/jm6gg1HSbEs) . If you are using splitter sources then you attach the image of the source to the source. If you are using lumper sources then attach to the citation. If your image is of a person then link it to the person.

[fhtess65]

I second this recommendation - this video is very helpful for understanding how Sources/citations work in FH. Helped crystalize a couple of concepts in my head so I'm now far more confident in this area of my FH workflow.

If you haven't watched my video on sources then you may find that useful (https://youtu.be/jm6gg1HSbEs) . If you are using splitter sources then you attach the image of the source to the source. If you are using lumper sources then attach to the citation. If your image is of a person then link it to the person.

[sbell95]

My preferred approach is to link a media item to a source from the perspective of the source (I am mostly a splitter). Then that media item can be linked elsewhere if required (to an individual or a place record, for example). I have often wondered if it is necessary/overkill to also include a source for a media item... hence I have not done it to date. It is easy enough to see which media items are linked to which sources by using the View > Record Links... dialog.

[Gary_G]

I appreciate the several posted replies.

I'd watched the noted video, but was mulling over the "why" of associating the media with the source and not associating a source with the media. I also received a response that clarified that the "source Driven Data Entry" paradigm always attaches the image as support to the source and never the other way around. That's all the clarification I needed.