I would transcribe the entire packet into a Word type document. Then create events for each of the advancements and postings, letters and family contacts. Then you can create his Chronology report to share with other family members who never got to know him. Rich in LA CA
--- On Sun, 4/3/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: [LegacyUG] Merchant Mariner's Service Record > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, April 3, 2011, 7:29 AM > My Uncle Joe has been missing since > before I was born. All I knew about > him was where he was in the birth order and that he was a > merchant > seaman. I didn't even know his middle name. On a hunch, I > contacted the > Coast Guard and just yesterday I received his 50+ page > Merchant > Mariner's Service Record. It is a cornucopia of information > containing > his various applications for ratings, letters from family > members > searching for his whereabouts and information on his next > of kin, my > grandmother, whom I had never met. > > Now, my question for you guys is how would you cite to this > using > source writer? It doesn't seem to fit "Compiled Service > Records," nor > does it seem to fit the generic military record. Since it > includes a > cover letter and was sent in response to my letter it could > be cited as > a letter. Any thoughts before I plow through this packet > would be > appreciated. > > -Jack > > > > 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
