There is no "official" Legacy way of recording sources. Legacy provides tools which you may use as suggested by their (admittedly USA-centric) tutorials, or modify to suit your preferences, or ignore.
Concerning relatives retracing your steps: what if the relative is a great grandchild who doesn't know what happened to your files and has no idea what "www.ancestry.co.uk" and "www.freebmd.org.uk" are? Just a couple of thoughts. John S. Adams Hermosa Beach, CA -------------------------------------------------- From: "carogene" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 7:09 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Simple Sourcing > I also find the official Lecacy way of recording sources a bit over the > top, > so I have recorded mine under the Research Notes tab as follows: > > Birth: He was born before registration commenced in Scotland (1855), > therefore his baptism details have been used to establish his date and > place > of birth. > Baptism: LDS film number 1041957, items 1 and 2. Parish records of St > Ninians, SCT. (I have a copy) > Marriage 1: Not found in England or Scotland. > Marriage 2: www.freebmd.org.uk 1853 December quarter, registered at > Islington. 1b/318 (I have a copy of certificate) > Marriage 3: www.freebmd.org.uk 1867 September quarter, registered at > Kensington. 1a/339 (I have a copy of certificate) > Death: not found. > Census: www.ancestry.co.uk > Birth and Marriage details of his children: www.freebmd.org.uk > Baptisms of his children: www.ancestry.co.uk, the London Parish Records > Collection. > Asylum Records and London Directory entries: Personal visit to London > Metropolitan Archives 2008. > > I include this in any reports that I am sending to relatives, so that they > can both see that I have done my homework, and retrace my steps if they > want > to. It's also a good way for me to check what is missing. > > Cheers > Carolyn 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
