'...over-eggs the pudding...'. I never heard that expression but I like it!!
Bob On Jan 15, 2010, at 12:14 PM, Jenny M Benson wrote: > 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 > > > 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
