What is the difference between an authored source and a compiled source, they seem very similar? Can
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Here's a link to an article on the WIKI. https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/A_Checklist_of_Compiled_Sources_and_Where_to_Find_Them
Here's the definition for a compiled source - The term "compiled sources" does not describe a classification of the source, but refers to collections of the names of families and individuals, sometimes in the form of family trees but also including surname books, extracted records and other similar records. ... All records must be evaluated for their accuracy.
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An authored source is when a person has actually written his/her or someone else's history. A compiled source is when someone has taken material already written and put it together. For example, my husband is a convert and doesn't have a lot of material about his ancestors, so he's writing some of their histories based on what he's been able to find about them. On the other hand, since several of my ancestors joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints early on, I have a lot of family memorabilia--histories, pedigree charts, pictures, etc. I have a cousin who "compiled" the items she was able to find into a book about the lines of our paternal grandmother and her mother. It's listed in the Family Search catalog (Cheney-Wilson Family History Book) and although she's listed as the "author," she has on the cover of the book "compiled by Karen Eggleston Stark."
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