On 09/05/2011 22:46, Kathy Horstman wrote: > I've recently started using Legacy 7.5 Deluxe Edition. I chose it in great > part because of the SourceWriter documentation facility. But I have some > questions about how to use it, especially in regard to information I find > online. > > > > If I find a facsimile of a document on the Internet, may I cite it directly > as my source, using one of SourceWriters source types? How does the website > come into it-it wouldn't exactly be the repository, would it, if the > original document were physically available somewhere? > When you are selecting the SourceWriter template, one of the options will be for "online images" and their will be fields for entering the website information. > > > Suppose I accept data supplied by some website creator, on the grounds of a > particular record or source he or she cited. What's the best way in Legacy > to make note of my source's source? (If I simply cite the website, as I > have thus far, I lose track of why I believed the data in the first place).
There are 2 possible options here. All Master Sources and all Source Details have a Comments field, so you can use one of those (whichever is appropriate) to enter the information about the original source. Some templates will produce a field in the Source Detail named Citation in which you name the Source being cited by the website creator. > > > > How about online transcriptions of documents? What about typewritten > transcriptions? They're not the originals, true (and I know how > transcribers can err), but they're better sources, aren't they, than someone > simply asserting, "Obed Edom Jr. died in 1755"? I'd like to know how to use > Legacy to cite them in the proper manner. See my first paragraph, except in this instance you will be selecting "online databse" rather than "online images." -- 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
