Ron,
I'm not sure that using the notes and writing the source next to
each entry would make it possible to have an uncluttered report for those
members of my family who don't really care about where each piect of
information came from. I wonder why this is a feature that Legacy doesn't
care to address or perhaps they are not able to add it to the program for
some reason? Regardless, I would be interested in any other ways in which
Legacy users handle this problem. I wonder if I put the exact information in
the text block of the detail I could somehow show that the information was
found separately. I think I'll try this and see how easy it might be.
Thank you for your point of view. It definitely gives me something to think
about.
Sincerely,
Paulette Smith
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 4:30 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question about mulitple sources for multiple parts
of a single event
smithmp wrote:
> I used to say that I was researching my genealogy. Now, after over 15
> years, I have started over because much of what I had gathered in the
> beginning did not have a source citation attached. Nor did I know
> anything about putting notes in the research section so that when I
> came back to a person after a very long time I would know what I had
> already searched and where I thought I might search next. I guess I
> should have just called it "Gathering Family Folktales". As painful
> as it is, I have started over, using my old database as just a
> reference point. I have come up with a couple of problems.
>
> There are times when I find in a source only the date of an event such
> as a birth date but no location. Then I'll find just the location but
> not the date or at least not the full date. How do I source it in
> Legacy to reflect that a source had half of the birth date and another
> source had the other half with out having to put an alt. birth event?
> Or is this the only way to do this? Because if this is so then
> reports like the Pedegree chart will only list half of the
> information.
>
This is a problem that we have asked Legacy to address on numerous
occasions, without success! It is not possible to source individual fields.
I frequently have more than one source attached to, for example, a birth,
and I agree one cannot tell which bit is being sourced. Some people use the
notes and write the source next to each entry in the notes. Personally, not
for me though.
Ron Ferguson
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