Thanks for that, Ron. At least now I'm re-checking my sources with a grin.
Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on Behalf Of Ron Ferguson Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 3:37 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Source Template Surprise Kirsten Bowman wrote: >> Confessions of a sinner . . . >> >> I've been an advocate of a rather cavalier approach to use of >> Legacy's source templates, primarily by putting data in any field >> you wish (regardless of field name) as long as the resulting >> citation format is what you want. Now that's come back to bite me >> to a small degree, so here's fair warning to other "disregarders of >> the system." When GEDCOMs are created in Legacy and uploaded to >> RootsWeb WorldConnect, those source template field names are >> included in the published citation with their GEDCOM tag. One >> thing I particularly dislike is that the informal Source List Name >> is included in the citation unless you *exclude* the ABBREV tag when >> creating the GEDCOM. This could give a fairly startling effect if >> you use an informal name like "Grandpa's fuzzy recollections" >> thinking that it would be easy to remember and wouldn't print >> anywhere. I'd expect that the same would apply to uploads at other >> online sites. >> >> Fortunately I haven't gone overboard, but a review and re-think is >> definitely in order. >> >> Kirsten >> I'm not at all sure about the need for a rethink, Kirsten. I think "Grandpa's fuzzy recollections" will look pretty good and a lot less boring than some of the stuff. And as a description it's possibly much more accurate than some of the other assertions which I have seen. Yup, all in all, I approve :-) _____________________________________________________ New Tutorial: Embed Blogger RSS feed into your Website http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ ____________________________________________________ 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
