On 18/06/2011 15:42, Linda Swift wrote: > Just started to put in sources for my data. Certificates, military > records, and census are pretty straight forward. But I have used > Family Genealogy books (example-Five Generations of Smiths) for base > information ( birth, death, etc) and use this information to find > other sources. My question, how does one source this, every bit of > information (like Geoff) which could lead to hundreds of citations or > just the direct line, or just put in sources for the bits I find > elsewhere. I have wondered about this for some time and did not find > anything in the archives. Open to any suggestions and hoping this is > not too much of a beginners question.
If you find information somewhere then you should cite that somewhere as a Source - for *all* the information you found there. So, in your Five Generations of Smiths you might 1, 2, 3 or more pieces of information for each of 1, 10, 50 people. Whether you are using Basic Sourcing or SourceWriter, you only need create one Master Source for this book and then attach as many Citation Details as you need. If you have a Source Detail reading something like "entry for Joe Bloggs, page 52" you can use the Source Clipboard to copy this Citation to all the relevant fields in Joe Bloggs's record. -- 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
