Steve, I use the source writer for email correspondence but I use the template for correspondence by author that way the author is the master source and not each email. Russ
-----Original Message----- From: Steve Hayes Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 8:27 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] SourceWriter and personal knowledge On 27 Jan 2016 at 9:22, William Boswell wrote: > Maybe I should try the SourceWriter template since after going through my > sources to clean them up I've noticed my earlier use of personal knowledge > only shows the source with nothing in the details. There's something to > be > said for doing the sources right the first time and not years later. > Fortunately those are the only sources I have that are incomplete. While I find SourceWriter useful for some things, I find it less useful for others. For example, I don't use it for personal correspondence, because it makes each letter or e-mail a separate master source, with too much detail entered, and not enough printed in footnotes in reports etc.. -- Keep well, Steve Hayes Blog: http://hayesgreene.wordpress.com Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/famhist1.htm E-mail: sha...@dunelm.org.uk Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp