I have stuck with BASIC Sources - the SW ones (I tried a few) ended up so wordy in reports I hated them. Again - just one opinion. Keith -- Find-A-Grave "County Keeper" for Schuylkill County, PA
Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: [email protected] On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 9:30 PM, William H. Boswell <[email protected]> wrote: > Deborah: > > I'm staying away from it right now only because I had used something similar > to it in FTM 2009 and didn't like their version and ended up switching back > to their basic version. The problem with templates is that they don't always > have what I need. Also, my imported sources are set up for the basic system > in Legacy. I'm just having to move citation text from Citation Comments to > Source Text. > > When that's done, I'll probably try out the SourceWriter and decide whether > to convert. > > Bill Boswell > > -----Original Message----- > From: Deborah Trounstine [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 9:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Assigned sources for: (what are these?) > > Bill, > As you're fixing all your sources, are you sticking with the Basic > system or moving them to SourceWriter? > I've been converting all of mine to SW but find that I occasionally need > to do some file maintenance to keep everything working properly. Since > Legacy added SW, I'm assuming that, going forward, it will be the format > more favored. What do you think? > Thanks, > Deborah > > William H. Boswell wrote: >> Only if I have a source to add to them. I generally leave it checked all >> the time because if it is unchecked and you delete a source, that event will >> disappear. Since I am in the process of a major cleanup of my data file >> (GEDCOM import to Legacy), I'm having to fix all of my sources, delete the >> old citations and replace with the fixed one with images. When I delete the >> old citation, it will keep me in the spot where I need to paste the new one >> using the source clipboard. >> >> If you uncheck the "Show All Events" you will notice that the unused ones >> will disappear and only show the events that are in use. I guess you can >> say these unused items are just placeholders for new information if you need >> to use them. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Deborah Trounstine [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 8:53 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Assigned sources for: (what are these?) >> >> Thanks, William. Do you know what they mean? Do you assign any sources >> to them? >> >> William H. Boswell wrote: >> >>> They show up when you have "Show All Events" selected. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Deborah Trounstine [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 8:36 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [LegacyUG] Assigned sources for: (what are these?) >>> >>> In the "Assigned Sources for:" window, near the bottom of the list are: >>> "Child Status: >>> Father rel: >>> Mother rel:" >>> What are Father rel and Mother rel? >>> AND why does my source window show: >>> "Marr: Flo Williams >>> Had no children: Flo Williams >>> Did not marry: Flo Williams >>> Mar Notes: Flo Williams" >>> Flo Williams WAS married and had 13 children - all of the info for her >>> parents, siblings, husband, marriage and kids are entered and show up on >>> reports properly. >>> What are these used for? Are there some sources that I should be >>> assigning to these? >>> I hope these questions are not too elementary for LUG. I did attempt to >>> find the answers in the Help file before asking. >>> Thanks! >>> Deborah >>> >>> >>> >>> Legacy User Group guidelines: >>> >>> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >>> >>> Archived >>> messages after Nov. 21 2009: >>> >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> >>> Archived >>> messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >>> >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> >>> Online >>> technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >>> >>> To >>> unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Legacy User Group guidelines: >>> >>> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >>> >>> Archived >>> messages after Nov. 21 2009: >>> >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> >>> Archived >>> messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >>> >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> >>> Online >>> technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >>> >>> To >>> unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> >> Archived >> messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> Archived >> messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> Online >> technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> >> To >> unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> >> Archived >> messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> Archived >> messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> Online >> technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> >> To >> unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> >> > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived > messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived > messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online > technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To > unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived > messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived > messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online > technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To > unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
