James Cook wrote: > Sure, on a new individual I can see that. "One of my most used > functions" implies more than just new individuals to me. > > > On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 1:43 PM, CE Wood <[email protected]> wrote: >> It is most useful when first entering an individual. Often the same >> source has birth, death, etc. - the vital events. Enter the events, >> vital or otherwise that have that same source. Then you can use the >> triple bars and the source will be entered for all at once. >> >> Later use is more problematic because some of the other events may >> not have the same source. >> >> Many of us really miss the ability to have the Source Clipboard >> contain multiple sources. Before Legacy removed that convenience, >> you were able to have multiple sources on one clipboard and enter >> them all at once - to one event or all. That was a enormous >> time-saver when you have several sources for one event but not all >> events. >> >> >> CE >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: James Cook [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 11:12 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Help, how to cleanup the mess the 3-bar >> paste button has made >> >> Yes it is terrible and a lot of cleanup. There are way to many of >> little gotchas like this that I cannot believe the software gets a >> 5-star rating on review sites. Sure it's a nice app, I can almost go >> along with the best available (I've not tried them all), but I can >> only give it a 5-stat once I know all the little hacks one must to do >> actually use it effectively. It is maddening. >> >> Anyway, Ron, >> If it is one of your most used features, how are you using it? Do you >> actually blurt a source to all events. How does adding a death >> certificate say to a residence event work? >> James & CE et al,
Having been doing other things all evening, like making a panoramic photo, I have not looked at my emails this evenings until now, and with there being so many, this answer will have to do for them all! Of course I do not attach a Death Source to a Residence, except when the "residence" is a cemetery and the source is a cemetery record, or when the place of death on a certificate is the home residence of the individual at the time of death. In which case it is perfectly valid to use it for both. In fact I do! It is true that my major use is when adding new individuals, but since I add between 50 and 150 individuals/month to my files my usage of it is considerable, far easier than using the single bar icon for every Event. If the information for an individual has, for example, come from a Marriage Index (that may be specific to us Brits.), then the first census in which I find that person in the marriage, confirms the initial source, and adds residence, and, maybe, Occupation - 3 bar icon! Someone may already have quoted the Help File, but here is the information: "you can click [3 bar icon] to have Legacy automatically assign the source to every field on the Information form that is not blank. (This also includes all events in the event list.)." I think that makes it perfectly clear as to what is does. If I remember correctly (and being long in the tooth that may be open to question), when I first looked at the Source/Event Clipboards I actually read the Help Files before doing anything with it, since from just looking at the screen it is not obvious as to how it works. Often I just suck it and see on a test file file - often the Sample file which comes with all Legacy downloads. In fact that file now bares little resemblance to that which Geoff kindly gives us for this purpose! 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
