Thanks for comments, Ron. No worries on the dogma front. I'm not given to it in any aspect of my life! However, not having concerned myself with source citations since I left university 25 years ago, having a guide such as the Mills book will get me 90% of the way toward acceptable genealogical citations. And that's all I'm looking for.
Jean Suplick On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: > Jean, > > Whilst I do not often use the Sentence Override myself this is due to one of > three reasons, I am lazy, I prefer to go for a pint, or my output is > published only on websites. Should I ever come to publish a book then I > think I will regret this. It is my understanding that for narratives it > gives tangible benefits in construction and variety. > > Whilst I am a supporter of the use of the Source Writer formats, I hope that > you will continue to regard Mills as 'guidance', rather than a dogma; the > latter approach having caused some quite heavy discussions on this list! > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jean Suplick > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 11:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Source citation overrides > > My copy of Mills' Evidence Explained arrived this week. What a > wonderful resource! I finally feel I have solid guidance on how to > cite all of my sources. > > I've found myself gravitating towards using the source citation > overrides to construct my citations instead of filling in the form > fields supplied by Legacy and letting the software construct the > citation. This is because I feel I have much more control over > citation formatting. > > Are there reasons why you advise against using overrides? I ask > because I don't want to stumble on to that conclusion 6 months from > now and have to go back and do a lot of re-work. > > Thanks for your thoughts, > Jean Suplick > > > > > > 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
