Ron, Please, don't hold back and avoid these discussions on sourcing with the SourceWriter. As a relatively new user of Legacy, I learn from each of these discussions, what the pro's and con's are of the Basic Source system and the SourceWriter system, and when it is better to use vs the other.
The collective knowledge and experiences of all Legacy users are extremely valuable, especially during the learning process. Thank you for your assistance, Charles -----Original Message----- From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 5:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] What Source Writer template to use for citing a Christmas Newsletter 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 __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4794 (20100121) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4795 (20100121) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com 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
