I personally, would transcribe the whole document, makr the text of the Source, then cut and paste each persons' sentences as details attaching to the above source. That way each phrase about a person can be pulled out of the document. Just a suggestion. Rich in LA CA
--- On Thu, 11/11/10, Kathy Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Kathy Meyer <[email protected]> > Subject: [LegacyUG] adding stories > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, November 11, 2010, 6:02 PM > I'm going through a major "clean up" > and trying to digitize a huge > amount of information that has previously been only in file > folders; > for instance, I'm adding census images and details where I > previously > only recorded the source information. > > I've come across some emails that I received from a > gentleman > describing the life of my kids' gr & gr gr > grandmothers. Their > families were neighbors and he was recalling all sorts of > things; very > very interesting. The information is about both women; if > it were > just about one of them, I'd probably just put it into > notes. > > Would that be the best choice? Type it into notes? Or > should I create > a source for the emails and include the transcript there > and just add > the source reference to each woman? I would want the > information to > show up if I decided to make a book or CD for this family. > > Thanks for your help. Kathy > > -- > Kathy Meyer > "To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must > do things > you have never before done." > --Richard G. Scott, "Finding the Way Back," Ensign, May > 1990, 74 > > Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and > expecting > different results. ~ Albert Einstein > > > > 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
