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*The closer you can stay to headings in the Family History Library Catalog, the better for genealogists | *The closer you can stay to headings in the Family History Library Catalog, the better for genealogists | ||
If you imply that an ethnic group would be unhappy about being categorized with political or religious groups you are implying ''who created the records'' is more important than the way ''genealogists use that type of record''. Moreover, even the category '''Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups''' is an illegitimate category that is not found (or needed) in the Family History Library Catalog. That category should really be under one of these four actual | If you imply that an ethnic group would be unhappy about being categorized with political or religious groups you are implying ''who created the records'' is more important than the way ''genealogists use that type of record''. Moreover, even the category '''Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups''' is an illegitimate category that is not found (or needed) in the Family History Library Catalog. That category should really be under one of these four actual FS Catalog headings for people-groups: | ||
*'''Jewish Records''' | *'''Jewish Records''' | ||
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We allowed/created the '''Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups''' category to satisfy the demands of people who felt '''Minorities''' was not politically correct enough, or clear enough. Now this sub-division '''Ethnic Groups''' once again makes a mock of the overall category system, and even worse does so by splitting hairs that ethnic groups might not want to be categorized with political or religious groups. Don’t lose sight of what’s more important—what a group might want, or how a genealogist uses the record. | We allowed/created the '''Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups''' category to satisfy the demands of people who felt '''Minorities''' was not politically correct enough, or clear enough. Now this sub-division '''Ethnic Groups''' once again makes a mock of the overall category system, and even worse does so by splitting hairs that ethnic groups might not want to be categorized with political or religious groups. Don’t lose sight of what’s more important—what a group might want, or how a genealogist uses the record. | ||
If we continue to allow the multiplication of categories for essentially the same topic we will soon have a long list that might include African Born Emigrants • African Americans • Afro-Americans • Blacks • Bondage • Coloreds • Creoles • Enslaved • Freed Slaves • Indentured Servants • Minorities • Mulattos • Negros • Servants • Slavery and Bondage • Stolen Africans. How in the world would a new genealogist benefit from so many categories when it could all be handled much better under the simple but comprehensive | If we continue to allow the multiplication of categories for essentially the same topic we will soon have a long list that might include African Born Emigrants • African Americans • Afro-Americans • Blacks • Bondage • Coloreds • Creoles • Enslaved • Freed Slaves • Indentured Servants • Minorities • Mulattos • Negros • Servants • Slavery and Bondage • Stolen Africans. How in the world would a new genealogist benefit from so many categories when it could all be handled much better under the simple but comprehensive FS Catalog heading '''Minorities'''. | ||
'''''Proposed solution.''''' The solution to this categorization problem is to both add all '''Ethnic Group''' pages into the '''Ethnic, Political, or Religious Group''' category (already done) and delete the redundant '''Ethnic Group''' category (waiting for your approval), OR move both “ethnic” categories back under '''Minorities''' where they belonged in the first place (but risk the wrath of those who cling to the word ethnic). | '''''Proposed solution.''''' The solution to this categorization problem is to both add all '''Ethnic Group''' pages into the '''Ethnic, Political, or Religious Group''' category (already done) and delete the redundant '''Ethnic Group''' category (waiting for your approval), OR move both “ethnic” categories back under '''Minorities''' where they belonged in the first place (but risk the wrath of those who cling to the word ethnic). | ||
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