RE: [LegacyUG] Various Sources within a single Note

2009-01-31 Thread Jan Roberts
I would just add each source and in the text / comments tab I would specify which 'bit' that source relates to. Cheers, Jan -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Arnold Sprague Sent: Monday, 26 January 2009 1:34:AM To:

RE: [LegacyUG] Various Sources within a single Note

2009-01-25 Thread ronald ferguson
Arnold, It is possible to add more than one source to notes, just add the second and later sources as you did for the first. What cannot be done though is to add sources which point to different parts of the note. To be on the safe side, make sure you save between each source addition.

Re: [LegacyUG] Various Sources within a single Note

2009-01-25 Thread Allison Nelson
I have two ways of doing this. One is in the General notes screen to source a series of ongoing notes within the note itself. Above each note I put the source information, then add the note followed by a series of asterisks (which serve as a divider bar so I can clearly tell where each note

RE: [LegacyUG] Various Sources within a single Note

2009-01-25 Thread Kris Strotman
, ronald ferguson ronfe...@msn.com wrote: From: ronald ferguson ronfe...@msn.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Various Sources within a single Note To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Date: Sunday, January 25, 2009, 8:52 AM Arnold, It is possible to add more than one source to notes, just add

Re: [LegacyUG] Various Sources within a single Note

2009-01-25 Thread Allison Nelson
My second method I started using later. I simply gave up on the general notes screen and created some events called General Notes, Death Notes, Residence Notes, etc. This way has turned out to be much easier and is very accurate as each note event can be individually sourced in the same way any

RE: [LegacyUG] Various Sources within a single Note

2009-01-25 Thread ronald ferguson
) Added story about Uncle Jim. Hope this helps. Kris in Texas --- On Sun, 1/25/09, ronald ferguson wrote: From: ronald ferguson Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Various Sources within a single Note To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Date: Sunday, January 25, 2009, 8:52 AM Arnold

Re: [LegacyUG] Various Sources within a single Note

2009-01-25 Thread Connie Sheets
Arnold, I have struggled with finding a satisfactory (to me) work-around for this for a long time. My first solution was to use the superscript feature of Notes, and write footnotes within the Notes, i.e. enter a 1 superscripted after a fact in the narrative, then at the bottom of the notes

Re: [LegacyUG] Various Sources within a single Note

2009-01-25 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:23:38 -0800 (PST), Connie Sheets clshee...@yahoo.com wrote: I have yet to come across any information about an individual/family that I can't find a place for in Events, rather than General Notes. This is my method also. As a matter of fact I have an Event Type of Notes.

Re: [LegacyUG] Various Sources within a single Note

2009-01-25 Thread Jenny M Benson
ronald ferguson wrote It is possible to add more than one source to notes, just add the second and later sources as you did for the first. What cannot be done though is to add sources which point to different parts of the note. To be on the safe side, make sure you save between each source

RE: [LegacyUG] Various Sources within a single Note

2009-01-25 Thread Sherry/Support
Arnold, You can use multiple sources in a single note by using the old MLA sourcing technique of putting a reference to the source in brackets at the end of the paragraph or sentence. For example, if the source is Early Fairchilds in America by Jean Fairchild Gilmore, at the end of the section,