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Information is a term used for the "facts" contained within a source.

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Why do historical and genealogical scholars differ in their approach to classifying sources?

I'm certainly aware of primary/secondary being used in connection with sources (rather than information) by genealogists but I'm not sure whether this is lazy terminology or harking back to some less-refined …
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