I wouldn't say necessarily next to the person's name. It depends what you're using the source document for. If a birth certificate is the source for the person's name then that's what the source is for. But it would also be the source document for their birth date, the parents' names, etc. You don't need to make name, birth, christening, death and burial events separately because they're already there by default.
Accessing the birth record? Not sure what you mean by that. This is what I do. Step 1. Enter the information, in this instance, a birth date. Step 2. Cite the Master Source. Create a new one if it's not already there. Ohio Birth Records, 18xx-19xx, or whatever it is. Step 3. Add the Source Detail. In this case, a scanned or otherwise digitized copy of the birth certificate would go under Multimedia. i.e. it's not attached to Ohio Birth Records, it's attached to the Source Detail for that particular person. In order to view the Birth Certificate, just click on the Sources icon and then the Birth field and the Multimedia tab and there it should be. I'm talking split seconds here. Granted, clicking the "S" icon in an Events field might be one nano-second less. You would still have to double-click once and click again to bring that image up. And then click again if you want it larger. What's your point? ----- JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog On 5/19/2010 7:53 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Thanks for the replies everyone,So I guess its more common that > people add BMD sources and records by clicking the source icon to the > right of the persons last name and not creating an event to add to?My > problem with that is to access a birth record you have to go through > and look for it in the source list instead of easy access in the > event list.but then the birth date and place would be recorded > twice.Thank you for further opinions,Brian Lehman > > > > 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
