Ron:
I do mine in your second example. Emails of John Smith (source) then for the citation I put the heading information (date, time, subject). In some cases where I only received one email from this person, there is no citation/detail and I just put the citation text into the source. It's probably not the best way, but I can't seem to find an easier way to do this. Creating individual sources for multiple emails from one person seems redundant. I've thought about creating an email document with all of one person's emails and make that the source and attach the text document to that source. That way I don't have this source citation nightmare if I have to make changes to one citation that is linked to numerous people. I've tried to get people who have sent me too many emails with a lot of information to put it all into a report, but they appear clueless even though I explained that I want to use their information as a source. Personally I hate using emails as sources because they are weak and no proof if the information is even correct. The only ones that are priceless are the family stories and I've received some whoppers like a groom who died in a taxi cab on the way to his wedding, or from that same family the bride remarried, killed her husband and got away with it. Bill Boswell From: Ron Goodwin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 2:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Numerous emails and Sourcing I have a question on adding numerous emails or letters from one individual as a master source? Do you recommend adding each individual email / letter as an individual master source along with the date? Eg. Smith - John - Email – 2010-01-12 Or should I just have ONE master source for the individual? Eg. Smith – John – Emails And then when attaching the source to someone on my tree, then adding the information from the email and the date received under the individual “Edit Details” tab? Thanks for your help. Ron 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
