On the whole I am a great fan of SourceWriter, but there are times when I feel it rather over-eggs the pudding! Such as when it offers 4 templates for recording genealogy reports: Family Group Sheet, GEDCOM file, Pedigree Chart and Research Report.
Largely because I've forgotten what I've used before, I've ended up using all 4 at random for all sorts of Reports - handwritten trees, Register Reports, FGS ... I'm not really sure why it's necessary to distinguish between them, anyway. The main elements of the Citation for FGS, Gedcom and Pedigree Chart are all the same: compiler, report title, supplied date & supplier, with just the option of adding some specifics in the case of the Gedcom. With all 3 it is not possible to suppress Master Source Comments in Reports, which is *annoying*. All three included "supplied by" or supplied [date] by" and then pick up on the compiler's or author's surname which is sometimes misleading and sometimes just wrong. (I have a Tree compiled by a deceased relative which was given to me by his son who does have the same surname, it might well have come from another member of the family with a different surname.) The Pedigree Chart citation is slightly misleading because it reads, for example, "Ralph Hare, "Rev Edward Hare Tree," supplied 2005 by Hare, [ADRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Wrexham, Wales" which may be a correct form of Citation (I don't know) but implies that the person who supplied the Chart is from Wrexham, Wales whereas it is me, the current owner, who is from there. As usual with Legacy, I suppose it boils down to "you pays your money (or not if you're using the standard edition!) and you takes your choice." I have decided that the FGS output suits my needs and I shall use that for all manner of Reports. I'd be interested to hear the musings of other LUGgers on this subject, though. -- Jenny M Benson 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
