Jenny M Benson wrote: > Brian Beddor wrote >> You know those Christmas newsletters that sometimes come in Christmas >> cards? What Source Writer template would you recommend using for >> citing information found in there? > > Topical for me that you should ask this now as I have just been > wrestling withwhich template to use for two letters written in 1966 by > my Great Aunt and sent to my brother, which are now in my possession. > > I started with Letters>Personal Correspondence but that gave me a > citation which said that my brother was the holder of the letters and > also meant I needed to create 2 Master Sources, one for each of the > letters. Then I looked at Letters>Historic>Privately held which gave > me a citation I was happy with, but again required a Master Source > for each of the letters which *really* goes against the grain with > me! That's the one I decided to go with, though, figuring that at > least it was only ever going to be 2 letters! > > I suggest that you do as I did and try each of the Letters templates > with your data and see which one gives the citation you want.
Jenny, It also annoys me intensly when the Master Source is, in effect, a Detail Souce/Citation. I decided some time back that when this is the case to use Basic Sourcing instead of the SW. Which is why I generally avoid these discussions on sourcing. Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ Create your Website with Legacy, see Tutorials at: http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ ____________________________________________________ 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
