Oops.. thanks, Ron, for catching that. On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]>wrote:
> Bruce, > > As I understand it, you have the two the wrong way round! Your first > example > defines a Splitter and the second a Lumper. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > > From: Bruce Jones > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 6:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adding text details to a source/citation > > 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
