Kathy, The way it use to be was you could enter information for source #1 then save it to the clipboard w/citation, then goto or enter source #2 and then when you saved it to the clipboard the next window that pops up is “Copy/Overwrite existing” then you would get the option to “copy to” or “Overwrite Existing” if you chose “Copy to” then it would add another tab to the current clipboard contents up to five of them. You could then with on click assign all of those citations. As it is now when you click the “Copy/Overwrite existing” that is what it does erasing the previous entry.
If you wish to assign one source to multiple people w/ one click then you have to use the Advanced Sourcing: Advanced Source Citations This feature lets you assign one or more source citations to a group of records in a family file. The sources to be assigned are placed on the Source Clipboard. The groups of records to be assigned to are identified by either individual tags, marriage tags or by the current search list. You can also specify which fields are to have the source citation linked to them. To use the Advanced Source Citation feature: 1. Define the group of records to use. This can be either tagged individual or marriage records (See Advanced Tagging) or the people in the current Search List (See Searching). 2. Choose Advanced Sourcing from the Tools menu. 3. Specify which group of records to use by clicking the appropriate option. If you are using a tag group, be sure to set the tag number. 4. Specify where the citations are to be applied. This is on the Where to Assign the Citations tab. You can assign sources to specific fields in the individual record, marriage record, or both. Individual - Select the Assign Citations to Individual Information checkbox and then choose between the two options: All fields that contain information or Specific fields. If assigning to specific fields, check the fields you want to document. Marriage - Select the Assign Citations to Marriage Information checkbox and then choose between the two radio options: All fields that contain information or Specific fields. If assigning to specific fields, check the fields you want to document. 5. Click Source Clipboard and load it with the source(s) you want to assign. (See Source Clipboard for more information.) 6. Finally, click Apply. After confirmation Legacy will process the request. Remember, it is a good idea to make a backup copy of your family file before making potentially large changes like this. (See Backing Up A Family File for more information.) The Advanced Sourcing features is reached by choosing Advanced Sourcing from the Tools menu. 5-104 Russ Strong From: Kathy Meyer Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 2:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources I wish I could see this function in person. I am so totally lost as to how that would work and why it would save so much time. I also use multiple sources for every event; if you have watched either of Geoff's webinars on entering vital records, you know that he goes to the extreme in sourcing every single item many, many times. If anyone would understand the value of that feature, Geoff would. I'm obviously missing something here. In my effort to 'dumb this down' to understand, is this how it works? You enter information for a source, save it to the clipboard and 'clipboard #1' Enter info for source #2, save it as 'clipboard #2' Enter info for source #3, save it as 'clipboard #3' Then you have an option to choose all three clipboards that verify information on a multiple of events and/or persons and you can click a button by each event for each person and it adds all 3 sources at once. Is that how it works? I guess if I had a bunch of documents verifying the same things, that would be useful. I'm not sure that most of my sources are like that. Maybe census pages? Where they have all the same people on them for different years? I could see that being very useful for going back and adding in all the census events that I never added over the years. Am I getting anywhere close to what the function actually does? thanks, Kathy On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Bob Vary <[email protected]> wrote: I also mostly research my medieval ancestry. I never really used Legacy prior to V7 and am absolutely astonished that this functionality was actually there and then removed. As someone who never uses self-published material, such as the family trees on ancestry.com which are loaded with garbage, it is essential to me to cite multiple sources for everything. This would save me so much time, and would also help me make my citations more consistent and accurate. I’m much more prone to error when having to enter citations one source at a time. How can we formally request that this function be put back in? Since they obviously already have the code, it should be fairly easy to re-implement. From: CE WOOD [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 1:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources Indeed! I do much in the medieval era, and usually have at least 4 sources for each event. With so much garbage research out there, it is essential to have the sources, such as Complete Peerage, Domesday Descendants, Close Rolls, etc., cited. I spend inordinate amounts of time entering sources. It is a royal pain for real researchers to have lost the function! - Kathy Meyer Technology is both blessing and curse, depending on what it's doing for you (or to you) on any particular day. 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
