You all have some great ideas, but this is totally not what I am proposing with sources. Can we start a separate thread that discusses the source clipboard and then let this one be for my source linking idea?
My idea would be sort of like creating a hyperlink for each "total source output" and then that one hyperlink would connect to whatever it needs to. Otherwise, I have the following citation pasted separately 6 times in my files: 1870 U.S. census, Pike County, Alabama, population schedule, digital image by subscription, Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com), Andrew S. Riche household, Beat 6, dwelling & family 123, page 14, from National Archives microfilm M593, roll 37, 17 Mar 2007. This takes up a lot of space and makes it exponentially more difficult to correct errors in the source detail. Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, GA www.roots2buds.net On Dec 7, 2007 5:18 AM, Jenny M Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Brown wrote > >The source clipboard is one of the best 'labour-saving' devices in Legacy. > > It is indeed, but it lacks one option which I would find really useful. > That is the option to add several sources to the clipboard and then > select which one(s) will actually be pasted. > > When I find a new person/family on a Census I will follow up by tracing > the relevant entries in the Marriage and Birth indexes and will then > want to cite one or more of these Sources as I add the new information > to my database. If I find a man has now married and has a child I will > be wanting to Source a Census Event for all 3 of them, a Marriage for > the man, Births for the wife and the child and I also cite the Census as > a source for the name/age information for the wife and child. (This is > to show how I knew who to look for in the Indexes. > > I usually find it quicker to add all the Sources to the clipboard, paste > them all and delete the ones which aren't relevant, but it would be nice > to be able to select just the ones I want to paste each time. > -- > Jenny M Benson > > > > > Give Legacy as a Gift for 25% Off. Visit http://tinyurl.com/2b49et > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > -- Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia www.roots2buds.net Give Legacy as a Gift for 25% Off. Visit http://tinyurl.com/2b49et Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
