JL No, it doesn't need to be more difficult than that for me. I guess it would be a different story if you were working on a family history you were going to publish and possibly for applications into lineage societies although I have no experience with either venture. I'm sorry I didn't connect the dots with your earlier post which says to me it's time to give it up for the day because it's obvious the grey matter is not firing on all cyclinders at the moment.
Thank you JL and all the other kind list members who patiently answered my questions. I feel pretty sure I now know how I'm going to handle these issues. Very Sincerely, Paulette Smith -----Original Message----- From: JLB [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 6:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question about mulitple sources for multiple parts of a single event That's what I was saying. There's a place in Source Detail to put the actual text of the source, be it just the date or just the place, or both. Does it need to be more difficult than that? ----- JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog On 5/23/2010 3:11 PM, RICHARD SCHULTHIES wrote: > I just put in the detail of the source, 'only had date' or 'only had place' or 'had month/year and state/country'; if it is a 'partial', because I know that this Source will never give more data than I have already. Since I gedcom stuff to others, if they want to delete/remove stuff, that is there decision. I actually put the actual data, then a comma with the correct phrase so anyone can see, example: Sep 1916 Illinois, had month/year and state. > Rich in LA CA > > --- On Sun, 5/23/10, smithmp<[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: smithmp<[email protected]> >> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Question about mulitple sources for multiple >> parts of a single event >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Sunday, May 23, 2010, 1:51 PM >> 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 >> _____________________________________________________ >> >> *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth >> http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw >> And the Fergusons of N.W. >> England >> ____________________________________________________ >> >> >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> > > > > 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 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
