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==Definition==
A [[Gramps_Glossary#source is |Sources]] are ''anything'' (personal testimony, video recording, photograph, newspaper column, gravestone...) from which (genealogical) information can be derived. Once you [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_2#New_Source_dialog|add a Source]] to a Gramps Tree, that Source may be used for simplifying [[Gramps_Glossary#citation|Citations]] and be organized in [[Gramps_Glossary#repository|Repositories]].
It is useful to make the following distinctions between sources:
#Primary source: firsthand evidence of history, made at the time of contemporary to the [[Events_in_Gramps|event]]. For example, diaries, certificates, newspapers, ...#Secondary source: accounts of history based upon primary and other secondary sources, offering new information such as commentary and analysis, such as . Examples include history books, genealogical publications,...#Tertiary source: a selection and compilation from primary and secondary sources. Tertiary sources may collate, extract, excerpt, quote or reference other sources. For example, library catalogues, bibliographies, ...
== Most important genealogical sources ==
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