Linda: I would definitely list the book as a Master Source. Then using the Source Clipboard you enter specific details about an individual, and those can be grouped together. I favor including the exact text in the citation because you will often find errors or differences between sources. Your first Master Source might be _A Schram Genealogy_, for example, and the source detail could say that page 42 shows Hannah Schram was baptized on 2 Dec 1764 at Kingston, NY, daughter of so-and-so, and she married Henrich Sleght on 15 Oct 1786 at Marbletown. If an original source is cited by the author (perhaps records of the Reformed Dutch Church), you state that, and then attach your full citation to every pertinent field in your record for Hannah, her parents, and husband. Then if you later drill down to a published transcript of the church records--and perhaps still later to the microfilmed original--you enter each of those as new sources along with the text from that record.
And to answer an indirect question in your post, every item of information in your database should have at least one source--not just the direct line. If the item is worth adding, it's also worth sourcing. Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: Linda Swift [mailto:lsw...@comcast.net] Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 7:43 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Citing genealogy books 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. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
