Graham, Prior to the introduction of SW I too just had one census source for each of the individual countries within the UK. However, SW includes templates for each census year for these countries. I have, since SW was introduced, used these, so, I have split my census sources a by year. This does work well and I'm quite happy with the output.
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ Completely Revised and Rewritten: http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw And the Fergusons of N.W. England ____________________________________________________ Graham wrote: > Kirsten, > > Yes, it probably is possible to overdo the lumping, and maybe I've > done just that to a certain extent. But the thing is, at the moment I > am happy to reduce the number of Master Sources to an absolute > minimum. > > With the simple word, Census as "Master Source" for example, it suits > me to just add in the "Details" simply as "England 1951". If I need to > go and check the actual census page, then I have them all stored in > the relevantly labelled Country and Year folders, and individually > named by head of household. As I say, it suits me at the moment, and I > hope I can keep getting away with it this way. I'll see how I go in a > few months time. > > Thank you, > Graham > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kirsten Bowman > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 9:35 AM > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Treatment for Obituaries > > > Graham: > > I think it's possible to overdo the lumping. A major benefit to > Legacy's system of two levels in the source record is in saving > repetitive typing and speeding the citation process. If your Master > Source is simply "Census," for example, then you must re-type all of > the information (country, year, state/province, etc.) every time you > cite a source. On the other hand, if you have several ancestors who > lived in the same general area at the same time you can have a Master > Source for the 1911 Census for Ontario, Canada (or even break it down > by county). In that case you enter that information only once, then > simply use the prepared Master Source and enter the details for the > specific family via the Source Clipboard. > > My database of roughly 7,000 names contains over 500 sources but > they're very easy to locate by using a system of grouping. Every > census Master Source begins with the year. This causes them to sort > first so I only have to type "1911" to go to the proper area of the > Master Source List. Every book that I cite has "book" before the > title in the Source List Name field so all of the book titles are > grouped together and sorted alphabetically by title. I use similar > grouping codes for birth, marriage, and death records although these > could also be grouped under "Vitals" by using that term (or just a > "v") as the first letter in the Source List Name. > > Kirsten > > -----Original Message----- > From: Graham [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 1:33 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 > > 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
