Dear Robert, Many thanks for your most helpful email. I'm a little concerned that Sourcewriter may be very American and irrelevant to a UK researcher. I hadn't heard of Elizabeth Mills' book - 'Evidence Explained' - if its useful, then I'll see if I can pick up a copy from Amazon or Ebay. My main problem is that Legacy has decided that I'm using Sourcewriter & I'm not sure how to go back to the 'Basic or Sourcewriter' choice. The intention is that yy genealogical task for next winter will be to go through all my information, sort it out, bin the rubbish & check the sources of the key individuals in my tree.
All good wishes, Joan On 25/06/2011 19:48, Robert E. Carneal wrote: > Do you have copy of Elizabeth Shown Mills's "Evidence Explained"? > SourceWriter is largely based on that book. As helpful as SourceWriter > is to me, I find myself reading the book for a better understanding. > > SourceWriter is a template driven sourcing system that makes it easy > for you to select the correct input screen so that you enter all the > pieces needed to correctly cite any source of information in the > thousands of formats that exist for them. The information you enter > is correctly and precisely formatted to match the genealogy industry > standards for source citations. > > SourceWriter allows the user to simply enter complete details about a > source, without having to resort to the book to get the proper format. > If you wish, you can stop using SourceWriter. > > I am assuming you have just one or two sources you made using > Sourcewriter, just a few anyway? If you no longer wanted them, what I > would do is write them down. And delete them. Then re-enter them > using the simple sourcing system. > > Professional biographers and genealogist will note much more > information in their sources than most people who want to use just the > simple source system ever will. I changed all my sources over to > SourceWriter, and it was a long task. I am glad I did. But I referred > to "Evidence Explained" quite a bit. > > Thank you. > > Robert > > On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Joan Kemp<[email protected]> wrote: >> Help! >> >> I selected Sourcewriter for citations and it is not what I want! Trying >> to enter simple details about a will, it asks irrelevant questions such >> as whether the document is bound or loose, is it state level (what!)? I >> have many wills, mainly photocopies from local record offices (who don't >> state what format a will is in...). Some are PCC, some at a different >> level of ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Sourcewriter just isn't >> applicable here. How do I escape and get back to a simpler, more >> appropriate way of entering sources? (Up to now, they've just been >> included in my notes, but I thought I would try and systematise them more). >> >> Many thanks >> >> Joan Kemp (using Legacy 7.5 de luxe) > > 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
