Here is how I understand it, using two death certificates (Bill & Bob) from the same state as an example:
An extreme Lumper will create two Master Sources, one for Bill and a second for Bob The text from Bill's death certificate goes into Bill's Master Source Text. The text from Bob's death certificate goes into Bob's Master Source Text. There will not be anything in the Detail Source Text field for either one (would there even be a Source Detail?). An extreme Splitter will create one Master Source for all death certificates from that state (or country). The text from Bill's death certificate goes into Bill's Source Detail Text. The text from Bob's death certificate goes into Bob's Source Detail Text. The Master Source Text will only contain information that is common to ALL death certificates from that state. Many of us fall somewhere between these two extremes and therefore, the answer is not as clear. Just remember that the Master Source Text should only contain information that is common to ALL references to this Master Source The Source Detail Text should only contain information that is NOT common to all references to the Master Source Anyway, that is how I see it. On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 1:38 AM, Jenny M Benson <[email protected]>wrote: > On 19/05/2011 03:12, julia l wrote: > > Every time I add a source, I am always tripped up whether to put > > details of the document in the source text field or the details text > > field. Once the difference between the two and how do you use them? > > It rather depends on the nature of the Source and the nature of the > details! > > When you refer to "source" and "details" above I presume you are > referring to Master Source and Source Detail. Unless you are an extreme > splitter and each of your Master Sources relates to only one item of > information, what you enter in Master Source Text will appear in the > citation for every record which uses that Source. I usually use that > field to quote the description of a website or a particular database. > > What you write in the Text field of the Source Details will appear in > only the citations that use the Master Source with those particular > Details - the name of the individual, the dates, the page of the book, > the Census reference or whatever. Here I copy or transcribe the exact > information I am citing, or sometimes just an extract of it. > > > On a related note, in his recent webinar Geoff copied all the details > from a Death Certificate into the Source Detail Text field and explained > that he did this so that the full information would be available even if > the attached scan was not, for example if he sent someone a gedcom. I > thought this was a very good point, one which had not occurred to me > before. (Just one of *many* things I learned from that webinar!) > -- > 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 > > > 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
