On 17/10/2010 03:10, E. Wolfe wrote: > How many places are called 'Source? 'Detail'? 'Text/Comment'? Citation? > Where are they all located and what does each one do? Which ones do I > use if I want to enter 'identical' source and data for multiple people? > Which ones do I use if I want to use the same source but different data > for multiple people? How does a 'citation' differ from a 'source'? Is > there a chart or something that lists them and explains all these > differences? Believe me, I have tried reading the Help section and it is > way too confusing when trying to figure out what I should use where. (I > sure wish the makers of Legacy had used a completely different name for > every one....)
It's really very straightforward - honest! "Source" is easy 0 it's the "source of" information or "where it came from". A Master Source is a generalised description of a type of Source and can be applied to many instances. Source Detail is the nitty gritty which is specific to only one or only a few people. For example, many people have a GRO Birth Certificate but one particular Certificate will only concern one person and perhaps their immediate relatives. Within both Master and Detail Sources you have the opportunity to add Text and/or Comments if you wish. Text is where you quote actual wording from the Source. Comments is where you enter additional information for clarification. For example, for the 1851 England Census Master Source Text you might want to enter "Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England." And Master Source Comments you might write "The Census reflects the households as at the night of 30 March 1851." Then for Source Detail Text you might copy the household information from the Census sheet and in Source Detail Comments you might write "I don't know why John Smith was not with his family." A Citation is the statement that results from the data you have entered in the Master Source and Source Detail fields. A full Citation (with Source Detail Text) from my Birth Certificate example above might read "England and Wales, birth certificate for Rosa Lavender, born 09 July 1857; citing 2a/517/309, September quarter 1857, Blean registration district, Sturry sub-district; General Register Office, Southport; parents Thomas Lavender & Mary Ann Lavender formerly Pitt." In addition, you will see references to a Subsequent Citation. When a particular Citation is to appear more than once in a Report the full Citation will appear the first time, but after that an abbreviated version will be used. The Subsequent Citation for my example above reads "England and Wales, birth certificate, Rosa Lavender, 09 July 1857, citing 2a/517/309, September quarter 1857, Blean registration district, Sturry sub-district." I hope that clarifies things for you. -- Jenny M Benson 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
