1. Both documents are sources and I would put the actual text of each source in the Source Detail or under Source Detail Comments.
2. I remember Geofff Rasmussen suggesting somewhere to keep track of information that turns out to be incorrect just so you know. So, that's kind of similar. I don't know anything about printing options. ----- JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog On 5/23/2010 12:44 PM, 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. > > 1. 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. > > 2. I have begun using the to-do feature in Legacy and have found it a > wonderful resource for keeping track of where I've looked and what my > thoughts were on a specific piece of research. Even if I looked at a > source and did not find anything in it for what I am looking for, I add > it as a source on that particular to-do item with a notation in the > source detail that I did not find anything concerning the item I was > looking for. Sometimes I put why I researched a particular source if it > isn't clear as to why I was looking at it. Sometimes I make a note in > the source detail that there was a good description of an area where an > ancestor lived or that it had a map that may prove handy to go back to, > or even to list some of the sources in the bibliography as possible > places to also look for certain information. My question on this is if > there is an easier way to print what sources were searched for an > individual person or event if it was not actually used as a source for > that person or event. I ask this because Legacy has a glitch at the > moment that will not print your sources for your to-do list. It just > lists a number and nothing else. I already asked tech support and they > are aware of this problem and will fix it on a future release. I'm am > just hoping there might be a work around in the meanwhile. > > digital image by subscription > > Geographia - World Travel Destinations, Culture and History Guide. > InterKnowledge Corp., /Northern Ireland - History of Derry/ > (http://www.geographia.com/northern-ireland/ukider01.htm : accessed 22 > May 2010), History of Derry [and the creation of Londonderry]. > Repository: Geographia - World Travel Destinations, Culture and History > Guide, [email protected], http://www.geographia.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 > <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
