Talk:Louise Fitch

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Secondary sources needed
A recent edit added information about Fitch's family, which led me to add the "non-primary source needed" template. Wikipedia guidelines say:
 * "Many other primary sources, including birth certificates, the Social Security Death Index, and court documents, are usually not acceptable primary sources, because it is impossible for the viewer to know whether the person listed on the document is the notable subject rather than another person who happens to have the same name." (See Identifying and using primary sources.)
 * "Further examples of primary sources include archaeological artifacts, census results, video or transcripts of surveillance, public hearings, investigative reports, trial/litigation in any country (including material – which relates to either the trial or to any of the parties involved in the trial – published/authored by any involved party, before, during or after the trial), editorials, columns, blogs, opinion pieces, or (depending on context) interviews; tabulated results of surveys or questionnaires; original philosophical works; religious scripture; ancient works, even if they cite earlier lost writings; tomb plaques; and artistic and fictional works such as poems, scripts, screenplays, novels, motion pictures, videos and television programs." (See No original research, part c.)

Those guidelines indicate that the two citations listed below should not be used.
 * U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
 * 1920 United States Federal Census

I can't find any WP guidelines related to the JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry. Its website says, "Primarily driven by volunteers, there are more than 1,000 active volunteers throughout the world who actively contribute to our ever growing collection of databases, resources and search tools." I don't see any mention of verification of the information that the volunteers contribute.

I'm not saying that the information attributed to these three sources is incorrect, but it needs reliable secondary sources in addition to the sources that have been cited thus far. Eddie Blick (talk) 15:00, 3 October 2018 (UTC)