T Bredin <[email protected]> wrote: <<I am pulling my hair at Sourcing. I can't seem to understand, in Legacy, which informatoin in which source fields ends up in which report locations. There are so many different boxes to enter data into.>> <<Q - Is there a chart, diagram, document, that shows if 'xxx' is put into, for example, the Master Source Author field then it shows up in the endnotes at this location in the endnote paragraph, or at this location in the subsequent endnote, or at this location in the biblography. Does the Master Source List name or the TItle go into the footnotes/endnotes etc. Doe's Mill's book show which data to put into which Legacy source field?>>
A: The closest thing to the "chart" you are seeking is the Output Preview on the right hand side of the Master Source and Source Detail screen. No, Mill's book is not going to show you exactly which data to put into which Legacy field for every type of source (although the QuickCheck Models in the book may help with you figuring it out). Evidence Explained will help you understand the *reasons* why sources are constructed as they are in the templates, and give you examples of what a completed source citation should look like. What I do is watch the Output Preview; if I don't like the way it looks, I move data around until I get it the way I want. Then I take screen shots and keep them in a binder so I can remember what I've done that works for me (I don't do this for frequently used sources like census, just for templates I use occasionally). If you find SourceWriter too confusing, you might want to stick with the Basic Source system. I'm not sure I would be using SourceWriter except for the fact I've done a lot of study on the issue of source citation and it is important to me to have "properly" cited sources. <<Q - Also, I have some sources in the basic source system and some in the Source Writer, and if so for the same source, which is used where?>> <<When I go to a person in family view, I select their SOURCE icom, I see a list of events that some have sources I have put in I select a row, I select EDIT DETAIL and I might get different subsequent screens that have different date in them ????>> A: I'm afraid I don't fully understand these questions. It doesn't matter whether you used Basic or Sourcewriter, Legacy will use whichever one you attach to an event. If you attached both a Basic and a Sourcewriter source to the same event, it should show both. I have noticed that sometimes a Sourcewriter detail screen seems to appear when I try to edit the detail of a Basic source, but it hasn't caused me any problems, so I don't worry about it. (That may be, however, because I rarely edit Basic sources; if I find the need to do that, I usually replace them completely with a Sourcewriter source). I don't see how different dates would appear unless you entered different dates at some time in the past, but I'm not sure exactly what you mean? In what field(s) do the different dates appear? <<Q - how do I list/view all my sources to see if I have duplicates (I know I do) and go edit them without having to go to a person that has that source to get to edit the Master Source.>> A: Master Source List > Options > Print > Ensure Master Sources and All Citations to Each One, Include specific events, include citation detail. Depending upon the size of your database/number of sources, you may want to tag and work with only a few sources at a time. Connie Sheets Arizona 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
