Kristen and Graham, Thanks for sharing your methods! I'm glad to hear how it others have made it work for them. When I first switched from FTM to Legacy, I would find myself trying one way and then another way, but when I decided which one to consistently use I found that I had accidentally deleted some details because I wasn't aware of what exactly the program did that I met to keep. So now, while "spring cleaning" my genealogy filing cabinet, I am trying to stay consistent in my treatment and execution so that maybe my paper files will finally be mirrored in the computer file.
I wish there was a local Legacy users group around me that meets regularly to "show and tell" how they use the program. I am more of a visual learner. I am still amazed at the capabilities that Legacy offers. I can tell just from reading these posts that I am not using it to its fullest potential! So I like all the sharing of ideas! Thanks! Doris -----Original Message----- From: Graham [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 4:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Treatment for Obituaries I am trying to do the same as Doris. When I came to Legacy from FTM, I realised that I had over 500 different Master sources, so scrolling through them all to find the one I wanted for a new entry was very annoying. I am down to about 300 now and wont be happy until I have them down to about one page. My Master sources are simply, Newspaper, Certificate, Census, BDM index, External tree, etc, and then the Details explain which Census, who's External tree, what Newspaper, etc, etc. I like to keep things simple and yet explain where my information came from in an adequate manner for my needs and those that follow me. Graham Doris~ I find it very helpful to use the name of the newspaper as the Master Source, with the city and state of publication under "Publication Facts". Yes. I have many newspapers in my master source list, but the sources and references print cleanly and I can easily search each title to see whose obituaries came from an individual newspaper. I can also tag "newspaper" as the source type and see all of the obituaries I've researched. Can you offer a suggestion to this avowed splitter why you would want to reduce the number of Master Sources? To me, they show diligent research. Judy Hi all, I am trying to "clean" up and possibly reduce the number of master sources. Currently, when I am lucky enough to find an obituary (say from Genealogybank.com) I am saving it as a "Newspapers" source by itself called Obituary: Name of Deceased, Year of Death. This method, although easy to find by individual's name is creating way too many sources to scroll through. Not all obituaries are from the same state, same newspaper, etc. so I don't know the best way to group them as one master source, and then allowing me to use the detail screen to personalize it for each individual. Can anyone give me suggestions as to how you might be handling this? I appreciate the help. Thanks! Doris 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 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5002 (20100405) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5002 (20100405) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. 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
