I'm with Jenny. Saving the e-mail as a file (jpg, pdf, eml, etc.) seems like overkill. Why not simply copy and paste the relevant parts of the e-mail into the text panel of the source detail? Not to show in the citation, but to have in the Legacy database as an easily accessible reference. By 'relevant', I mean you don't need to include the paragraphs that discuss the weather or someone's health. Note that this method means that a GEDCOM export sent to a cousin will contain the e-mail text as an integral part of the source. A separate file, whether linked to the Legacy source as 'multimedia' or not, must be sent separately from the export, if you want the recipient to have it.
If the real source content was in an attachment to the e-mail, then you might not have a choice (unless the attached file is just more text). I would think that private correspondence privately held does not need to be treated with the same formality as, say, an official document held in a library or an online image. As long as you maintain the context of the evidence stated in the e-mail. Ward ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Ferguson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 6:10 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing e-mail text Tony, I don't use any of the suggestions made to date! My Win7 came shipped with a Snipping Tool program which enable me to take a screen shot of whatever section of an email I wish to include in the source and save it as a JPG. On my other set-ups (XP and Vista) I use Gadwin Print Screen, a free download program from http://www.gadwin.com/printscreen/ which uses the keyboard PrtScn key to do the same job. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Jenny M Benson Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 9:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing e-mail text On 29/10/2010 00:28, Tony Rolfe wrote: > I know how to create a source citation for an e-mail, but am at a loss > as to the best way to reference the actual e-mail and it's attachments. > It seems that there would be three possibilities: > > 1. to reference the actual e-mail file as a multi-media item in the > source detail. This would probably be best, but I don't know physically > how to get at the e-mail file (using Thunderbird, but the same would > apply to any other client) > > 2. To copy the text from the e-mail and save it as a secondary file > (plain or formatted text) and reference that, plus any attachments as > multi-media files > > 3. To copy the text and paste it into the text part of the source > detail and reference attachments as multi-media files. > > Is there an option 4? How do other folk do this? I don't know about a 4, but I use 3. If there is an attachment to an e-mail I Source it as a separate item. -- 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
